Having a VBAC birth is all a mental thing. The body knows what to do. Usually if anything is in the way, it is the mind, not the size of the pelvis. Best advice to all out there — no induction, no epidural, hire a doula for labor support, and choose a midwife to assist you! Remember, VBAC’s were common not too many years ago with good results. Insurance companies have balked, making hospitals set strict protocols (lots of personnel on-call in the hospital waiting for one woman to give birth). This is very labor intensive and expensive for hospitals and physicians (most likely your OB/GYN is not interested in sitting for hours in the hospital instead of seeing a full-day schedule of patients in the office). The concern is more about money than maternal-infant safety. VBAC is birth is safe for healthy woman who are attended by practitioners who know natural birth, the rhythm of birth, and how to let things unfold as they will without interferance. Hats off to the Ellsworth midwives!!