I contacted a midwife last Thursday. I knew when I called that she would tell me that she wasn't allowed by law to attend vbac births. In Alaska, a midwife cannot knowingly attend a vbac birth, which I was aware of before calling. In many parts of Alaska, women are still delivering at home, and if they are lucky, there may be a midwife or a very experienced mother in the village.
I did manage to ask the midwife if she was prohibited from providing pregnancy care for a mother who had previously vbac'd and possibly helping her prepare for an unattended home birth. She said that she would look into it and give me a call back in a few days....
I think my best course of action at this point is to purchase text books that a midwife would read during their schooling and arm myself with knowledge. There are some really good books out there, like this one and this one, and I think that if I took good care of myself (my back, specifically) then I have a very good chance of delivering successfully at home. I'm going to call around locally to find a chiropractor who knows the Webster method. I swore of chiropractors nearly 3 years ago, but I might consider getting help if I knew it would produce good result for aligning things in my pelvis.
The next post will begin my history of the births of my sons. I haven't decided where to start, so you'll just have to read on!
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