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Making decisions about birth after caesareanArrow
Aged 36-39
Interview 12  

Interview 12

Age at Interview: 37
Background: Nurse with one daughter aged two. Husband is an engineer. Ethnic background: White Irish. Played by an actor.
Brief outline:Keen on vaginal birth with 1st child, felt she lost control at hospital, had various interventions and emergency CS. Decided to have VBAC with 2nd child against consultant's advice, but supported by doula and midwife. Very pleased with unassisted birth.


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She thinks birth is a very natural thing and medical interventions are likely to hinder rather than help. She believes in the power of positive thinking. Represented by an actor.

 



I would just urge anyone to, to think twice about having to have medical intervention because birthing is a very natural thing. My daughter was eight pound seven, and a big baby, and I did rip. But eh… I did it naturally and I think you can put your mind to anything and you can do it. And I think, another reason why I knew that I could do it was that I'm a nurse and I have seen all the kind of people that will, will recover from surgery adequately because they've got it in their mind, they know that they're going to do it, and positive thinking is definitely the way. 
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