Choosing the model of care that will give you the most bang for your buck

Choosing your model of care and individual care provider is one of the most important decisions of your VBAC journey. And with growing awareness of all the different ways this model of care could look, it is becoming an increasingly complex decision. 

No longer is the choice - Public hospital or private hospital. But we have private midwives, homebirth, freebirth, and doulas and student midwives added in to the mix. 

As always - which model of care will be best for you comes down to, well, you. What you want from this journey and how you want to feel during pregnancy and birth will largely dictate which option is best for you.  And options are limited in many areas, especially in rural locations.

In this blog post I'm going to go through 3 of the most popular models of care and rate them against my top 3 considerations: Client autonomy; Chances of a VBAC; and What happens in an emergency. 

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