I did the Mile’s circuit, spinning babies, side lying release, walked a lot, ate dates, drank Raspberry leaf tea. I educated myself mostly with ACOG, Evidenced based birth. I was educated. I knew what my body needed to give myself the best chance possible at a safe VBAC and avoid hemorrhaging.
I’ve definitely learned with this birth and my previous births that I dilate quickly near the end and to trust my gut about when I’m ready to push, even if I have to make the doctors believe me!
Once I got to that stage of labor everything went really quickly. It went from nothing happening for 12 hours to "Oh you’re ready to push!" After 31 hours of labor it only took 9 pushes total and our newest addition Emma was here!!