And on a positive note - my sister ditched her ob for an IM that has practising rights at GC hospital. She's going to get a VBAC with the model of care she's chosen and I'm so pleased for her. I hadn't said much but I was worried when she went back to the ob at first.

She tells me that when the ob confirmed the CFM policy (among other things) she said her sister had two HBACs just fine without that. Ob didn't have much of a response apparently, beyond something about keeping her and the baby safe (and my sister knows CFM doesn't have any benefit on that front). So even though she didn't make it to DD3's birth, at least she's educated herself and my births have probably helped demonstrate the way normal birth happens.