VBAC Planning Toolkit - £10
Preparing for a VBAC isn’t about memorising medical facts — it’s about understanding your body, your options, and your rights, so you can make decisions that feel calm and confident.
This short course combines evidence, reflection, and practical tools to help you prepare for birth on your own terms — with clarity, trust, and real support along the way.
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Chapter 1 - Understanding VBAC
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Lesson 1: What Is a VBAC? Understanding Your Options
Learn what VBAC really means, how safe it is, and what the research shows about birth after caesarean. This lesson helps you start your journey from a place of calm understanding, not fear, and introduces you to trusted, evidence-based sources of information.
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Lesson 2: How Your Body and Hormones Support VBAC
Discover how your body is perfectly designed to birth — including how hormones like oxytocin work to support calm, efficient labour. You’ll learn how to create an environment that protects your body’s natural rhythm and encourages safety, flow and confidence.
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Chapter 2 – Preparation and Mindset
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Lesson 3: What Affects VBAC Success and Satisfaction
Explore the physical, emotional, and social factors that influence VBAC outcomes. This lesson helps you reflect on your past birth experience, identify what matters most this time, and begin building your personalised plan for a positive birth.
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Lesson 4: Writing Your VBAC Birth Plan
Turn your insights into a clear, confident birth plan that reflects your values and choices. You’ll be guided to plan for your VBAC — and for all eventualities — using the downloadable VBAC Birth Plan Notes workbook.
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Lesson 5: Understanding Monitoring and VBAC
Monitoring is often one of the most confusing topics for people planning a VBAC. In this lesson, you’ll learn what the guidelines say, what your options really are, and how to make choices about monitoring that balance reassurance with freedom and comfort.
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Lesson 6: The Stories Numbers Tell (and the Ones They Don’t)
Statistics can shape the way birth is discussed — but numbers don’t tell the whole story. This lesson helps you understand risk, context and the difference between absolute and relative risk, so you can feel confident interpreting information your way.
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Chapter 3 – Support and Advocacy
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Lesson 7 – Decision-Making, Rights & Recognising Coercion
Learn how to stay calm, assertive and informed when discussing your options. You’ll explore how to recognise subtle pressure, communicate confidently, and use the Advocacy & Decision Making Cue Sheet to keep conversations respectful and balanced.
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Lesson 8: Your Rights in Childbirth
Understand what your rights really mean in practice — from consent and refusal to where and how you give birth. This lesson helps you feel legally and emotionally supported, so you can approach every decision with clarity and confidence.
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Chapter 4 – Reflection and Next Steps
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Lesson 9: Reflecting on Your VBAC Preparation
Pause and take a breath. This lesson gives you space to reflect on everything you’ve learned so far, using the downloadable workbook to capture your thoughts, priorities, and the calm confidence you’ve built along the way.
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Lesson 10: What Comes Next
Bring it all together. This final lesson celebrates your preparation and helps you take the next steps — whether that’s refining your plan, exploring the full Birth Prep & Hypnobirthing Course, or simply resting in the knowledge that you are ready.
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What you’ll learn
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Gain clarity about what VBAC really means and what the research says, so you can make calm, informed decisions that feel right for you.
You’ll learn:What VBAC, VBA2C, and HBAC mean — and how safe they really are.
What influences VBAC success and satisfaction.
How NHS guidance, RCOG and NICE policies shape maternity care.
How to interpret risk and statistics with confidence (and spot when they’re used to scare, not support).
Where to find trusted, evidence-based information and peer support.
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Move from uncertainty to calm confidence by understanding how your body works and what your legal rights protect.
You’ll learn:How your hormones and environment support a smooth VBAC.
How monitoring and induction work — and what choices you have.
What your rights are under UK law (including homebirth after caesarean).
How to handle pressure or disagreement with professionals respectfully.
How to advocate for yourself and how your partner can support you.
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Turn everything you’ve learned into a clear, heart-led birth plan and toolkit you can rely on.
You’ll receive:A VBAC Birth Plan Notes Workbook (PDF) to personalise as you go.
A Guided VBAC Relaxation track (MP3) to build calm focus.
A Birth Plan Writing Guide (PDF) for clear communication with your care team.
Reflection sheets, journalling prompts, and advocacy cue cards.
Links to further reading, professional resources, and peer support.
Course FAQ
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This mini-course is for anyone who has previously had a caesarean and is now considering or planning a VBAC — whether at home, in a birth centre, or in hospital.
It’s designed to help you feel calm, informed and confident about your options, whatever you decide. -
Not at all. Many people take this course while they’re still deciding.
It’s a safe, supportive way to explore the facts, your feelings, and your options — so you can make decisions that feel right for you, not based on pressure or fear. -
This VBAC course focuses specifically on birth after a caesarean — your choices, rights, and planning.
The full Birth Prep & Hypnobirthing Course goes deeper into the physiology of birth, hypnobirthing tools, comfort measures, and mindset work.
They complement each other beautifully — many parents complete this mini-course first and then move on to the full course for full preparation. -
The course is self-paced and designed to fit easily into everyday life.
You can work through all 10 lessons in just a few hours, or take your time and come back to it as your pregnancy progresses.
You’ll have access for at least 12 months, so you can revisit it whenever you need a boost of confidence or clarity. -
Absolutely. Homebirth after caesarean (HBAC) is covered throughout the course, with information about your legal rights, how to work with your local NHS trust, and what to include in your birth plan to help your care team support your choices respectfully.