When planning a VBAC with gestational diabetes feels like swimming upstream If you’re planning a VBAC with gestational diabetes and feeling unheard, dismissed, or worn down by repeated pushback, you’re not imagining it, and you’re certainly not alone. Many of you are quietly nodding along as you read this. You’ve done your homework. Your gestational...
The “big baby” threat: why induction for a suspected large baby is often unnecessary and unsupported by evidence If you would like to listen to our podcast instead of reading: CLICK HERE BIG BABY – It’s something I hear from women far too often: “My doctor said my baby is measuring big, so they want...
The curse of the due date and the eviction notice for your baby is clearly etched in every woman’s mind after she has confirmation of her pregnancy. She marks that date on the calendar with excitement and shares this with all her family and friends. This is when her baby will come. Then as the...
For the most part, I feel so positive about the new VBAC guidelines just released by ACOG this month (ACOG Practice Bulletin #184) and wanted to share a few highlights that potential VBAC women can really push for with their own care providers here in Australia. We seem to be so far behind in Australia,...