{"id":8354,"date":"2025-10-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizabethmccravy.com\/?p=8354"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:59:16","slug":"vbac-and-birth-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethmccravy.com\/vbac-and-birth-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"My Birth Story Q&A: 15 Honest Answers To Your Home Birth and VBAC Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

In this week’s episode, I’m continuing my birth series by answering your most pressing home birth and VBAC questions: the things that surprised me most, what was hardest, and how I prepared both mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

After sharing Sofia’s birth story last week and my VBAC prep the week before, this episode answers the top questions I got from you on Instagram and in my DMs. We talk about everything from overcoming fear and finding a supportive birth team to managing pain naturally and navigating childcare when you’re giving birth at home.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Sophia\n\t

I share what it was really like to have my first home birth after a C-section (from how I organized my birth space to what it felt like to labor and push without medication). I open up about the afterbirth pains that totally caught me off guard (spoiler: they were worse than I expected!) and the mental work I did to release fear leading up to birth.<\/p>\n

I also talk through how my husband and I handled the logistics with our two little boys during labor, the role of our midwife and doula, and why I believe prayer and preparation were just as important as any physical work I did before labor.<\/p>\n\t

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE NOW:<\/h1>\n\tSubscribe & download the episode to your device:<\/strong>  Apple Podcasts<\/a>  |  Spotify <\/a> |   YouTube<\/a>  |  iHeartRadio<\/a>\n

Search for episode 320!<\/em><\/p>\n\t

This episode is part of a four-part birth series, listen to them all here:<\/p>\n