jackrose, I'm sorry you didn't get the support you deserved during your first birth! Labour is tough enough without good support and expertise from the people in our birthspace. I'm sure you did a wonderful job in spite of the shoulder-shrugging midwives. I just read your beautiful VBAC story - YOU ought to be very proud!! So glad things went the way you had hoped the second time around xx
Thank you for your supportive words, I did do a wonderful job with my first birth! I know I did and I have no regrets about how it all went when all is said and done. I just regret the naive decisions I made that got me into that situation and the state of our hospital system that can so often lead to the type of birth I had. That is why I just love stories such as yours (and I guess my own VBAC story) because in the end they are really just well supported births. Well supported is really cool whatever your birth style, method of delivery. Empowerment is what it is all about!