Lily Wyn & Paige Lloyd
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Birth stories with VBAC nerve and care.
The VBAC Link is a warm, interview-led birth-story show centered on VBAC preparation, cesarean recovery, and informed choice. Guests narrate complicated pregnancies, labors, transfers, inductions, breastfeeding struggles, and healing after difficult births with hosts who keep the tone steady and supportive.
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The VBAC Link is a birth-story show for people thinking seriously about VBAC, cesarean birth, and the complicated space between hope and medical reality. It is warm from the start. The hosts often open with community language and practical resources, then settle into long, guest-led accounts of pregnancy, labor, surgery, recovery, and postpartum life. The result feels less like a polished medical program and more like an informed birth circle with microphones. Stories include twin VBAC, induced VBAC, waterbirth after two cesareans, birth-center VBAC, home birth after cesarean, CBAC with placenta accreta, and maternal assisted cesarean. The show does not flatten those experiences into easy inspiration. Guests talk about pain, fear, boundaries, midwives, hospital transfers, antibiotics for GBS, Foley bulbs, Pitocin, cholestasis, shoulder dystocia, NICU care, tongue ties, breastfeeding grief, and the pressure of making decisions while exhausted. Short moments land hard. Longer stretches give context. Paige and Lily usually serve as careful guides, reflecting back the emotional stakes while letting guests keep ownership of their stories. Megan also appears in the recent material, and the show repeatedly points back to the wider VBAC Link community. The clinical vocabulary is real, but it rarely turns cold. A conversation with Dr. Koen Deurloo about maternal assisted cesareans, for example, stays focused on how a birthing parent might remain present and connected in the operating room. Rachel's episode brings in the perspective of a NICU nurse and future nurse practitioner, including a warning around infant death she has witnessed. Angela Doss' episode connects induced VBACs with reclaiming a breastfeeding journey after tongue tie and lip tie struggles. Katie's story brings birth systems, transfers, EMT training, and hospital relationships into view. Liz's story emphasizes hope after trauma without pretending the trauma disappears. The show's defining strength is patience. It lets birth be messy, medical, personal, logistical, and unfinished. That makes it especially useful for listeners who need more than a success story. It offers language for questions, choices, limits, and support.
Made for: For parents preparing for VBAC, recovering from a cesarean, or trying to understand birth options after a difficult experience. It also suits doulas, midwives, birth workers, and partners who want story-based context alongside practical vocabulary.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by giving guests enough time to tell full birth arcs while keeping VBAC-specific education close at hand. It balances reassurance with frank discussion of surgical birth, complications, trauma, and care-team decision-making.
Join us as we share VBAC birth stories to educate and inspire! We are a team of expert doulas trained in supporting VBAC, have had VBAC's of our own, and work extensively with VBAC women and their providers. We are here to provide detailed VBAC and Cesarean prevention stories and facts in a simple, consolidated format. When we were moms preparing to VBAC, it was stories and information like we will be sharing in this podcast that helped fine tune our intuition and build confidence in our birth preparation. We hope this does the same for you! The purpose of...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed birth histories make VBAC decisions, complications and care relationships legible without flattening the uncertainty of labor.
The VBAC Link builds its episodes around first-person birth histories, with Paige and Lily guiding guests through prior cesareans, provider changes, hospital transfers and the decisions made during labor.
This is where birth-plan confidence meets the moment labor says, "Actually, we need options."
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A grounded VBAC story with real labor decisions, not just reassurance.
This VBAC account stays anchored in the choices that matter most: being GBS positive, staying in the hospital after being told going home was possible, trying a Foley bulb, and moving to an epidural right away. That focus gives the piece its weight.
A practical VBAC discussion about transfer care, hospital bias, and community support.
This discussion centers on VBAC prep, cesarean awareness month, transfer care, and the realities of rural maternity support. It acknowledges hospital bias, including the sense of being treated as the unsafe patient, while also showing how midwives build trust through EMT and…
A direct HBAC story about support, instincts, and changing course.
Kella's story stays close to labor and the small decisions around it. Two planned home births ended in cesareans, then research and a better provider opened the door to a redemptive HBAC.
A grounded VBAC story about being told a prior C-section made the path feel unlikely, then revisiting that advice.
Kari's story lands in the shift from being told she was probably not a good VBAC candidate after a first C-section and a CPD diagnosis to finding a provider who did not treat that old label as the final word.
A fast VBAC birth, a NICU scare, and hard-won perspective.
This episode follows a rapid VBAC labor that soon becomes a newborn needing immediate NICU attention. The practical delivery details and the emotional aftershock stay closely tied together, which gives the story a lived-in feel instead of a polished recap.
Pregnancy science with a steady hand.
Home birth, one long story at a time.
Warm perinatal talk for messy motherhood.
Research-forward birth education with a human center.
Pregnancy guidance with warmth, evidence, and agency.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
In Episode 451 of The VBAC Link, Erin—a registered dietitian and mother of four from Long Island, New York—shares her journey from a COVID-era C-section to a healing VBAC and then a twin VBAC.
In Episode 450 of The VBAC Link, during Cesarean Awareness Month, midwife Katie from Southern Oregon shares two out-of-hospital VBAC stories and the path from her first C-section to becoming a licensed certified professional midwife at the same birth center where she delivered.
This episode features an interview with NICU nurse Rachel, who shares her personal VBAC story and discusses secondhand trauma from witnessing infant loss in her nursing career.
This episode features hosts Paige and Lily discussing their ultimate VBAC preparation guide, including nutrition and supplement recommendations, to support women through pregnancy and postpartum.
This episode features IBCLC Angela Doss discussing induced VBACs and reclaiming breastfeeding journeys, with personal insights from the hosts about their own experiences.
This episode features Ashley's personal birth story of a pain-free unmedicated VBAC and CBAC with placenta accreta, focusing on maternal health and recovery.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and evidence-based information to educate and inspire women planning a vaginal birth after cesarean.
This episode features a VBAC birth story and promotes a VBAC prep course, aiming to educate and inspire women planning a vaginal birth after cesarean.
This episode shares an empowering VBAC birth story and promotes a VBAC prep course and guidebook.
This episode features a VBAC birth story from a South African mother, hosted by a doula and VBAC mom.
This episode features Dr.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and evidence-based information to educate and inspire women planning a vaginal birth after cesarean.
This episode introduces new hosts Lily and Paige as they share their personal VBAC experiences and promote the VBAC Link's resources while navigating their first solo show.
In Episode 434 of The VBAC Link, Kella from the Tampa, Florida area shares her HBA2C—a home birth after two cesareans—culminating in the vaginal delivery of a 9.5-pound girl with midwife Lucy Bryant of Indu Season attending.
This episode shares a VBAC after two C-sections story from a military wife, including her use of nitrous oxide and prenatal collagen.
A VBAC support podcast sharing birth stories and education, with this episode featuring a mother's VBAC journey after complications including cholestasis.
In Episode 428 of The VBAC Link, Kari from Huntsville, Alabama shares her induced VBAC story after a first C-section that followed an induction using Cytotec and Pitocin at 39 weeks.
The episode celebrates the podcast's 427th episode, sharing gratitude and a sponsor message about prenatal collagen, while focusing on VBAC education and support.
In Episode 426 of The VBAC Link, Rachel—a mother of four and VBAC veteran—shares her second and third VBAC stories, with emphasis on her November 2020 birth during COVID when her son Elliot was diagnosed with gastroschisis at 20 weeks.
This episode shares a rebroadcasted VBAC story after four cesareans to educate and inspire women considering vaginal birth after multiple cesareans.
This episode shares a VBAC birth story of a mother who had two C-sections before a vaginal birth, with discussion of red flags and medical details.
This episode features a maternal-assisted cesarean birth story and a sponsor segment for prenatal collagen.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and tips to educate and inspire women preparing for vaginal birth after cesarean.
Jennifer shares her VBAC journey after two cesareans, including challenges like an inverted T scar, gestational diabetes, and signing an AMA, emphasizing faith and personal empowerment.
This episode features a discussion with co-hosts Paige and Lily about VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and doula support for pregnancy and postpartum care.
This episode shares a VBAC birth story to educate and inspire women, with a sponsor segment on prenatal collagen.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and education, featuring an interview with a mother of three who had two VBACs.
A VBAC support podcast shares a personal birth story from a mother of seven, covering complications like placental abruption and preeclampsia.
This episode features a rebroadcasted discussion aimed at dads, sharing VBAC birth stories and answering questions about how partners can support VBAC mothers.
This episode features a VBAC birth story from a retired nurse and stay-at-home mom, sharing her experiences and insights.
This episode features Nicole from Subtle Healing Bliss discussing easy at-home pregnancy techniques with profound effects, along with insights on women's health and supplementation.
This episode features an interview with the co-founder of Needed, discussing prenatal nutrition and collagen supplementation for VBAC pregnancies.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and education, with a sponsor segment for prenatal collagen.
A podcast sharing VBAC birth stories and expert advice to educate and empower women, with a sponsor segment for prenatal collagen.