Looking for a Doctor Who Accepts Vbacs for Delivery in San Jose CA

Congratulations on the birth of your second child!

I have heard that Kaiser is supportive of VBACs from many women, but I needed to so some research because my situation was a little different. I needed to find a VBAC supportive practice that also accepted Medi-Cal.

For myself, I found Dr Mary Margaret O'Neill in Campbell. She delivers at Good Samaritan. She makes no guarantees and she is conservative but also supportive of VBACs under certain conditions. I would need to go into spontaneous (non-induced) labor on or prior to my due date. She also wants me to keep my pregnancy weight down (in the event that my daughter's head was a factor in my c-section- she was in the 90th percentile). I also like that she utilizes midwives in her practice, they are very encouraging yet also grounded and keep me focused on what I need to do to increase my chances for the VBAC.

Good luck in all your endeavors!

They are really against it, here in San Jose.. more the reason that someone needs to be there the whole time while you are in labor, in case somethign goes wrong, I think tis more "political" that anything. I had 3 c-sections, they would not let me try to have it normally.. but it worked out for me.

Kaiser Santa Clara was very supportive of our plans for a VBAC. My baby had other plans though! We went into labor 5dys after the due date (our deadline was 6dys) and he was surprise breech so we had an emergency Csection because my water had broken. He was awake, aware, and a great nurser from the first moments. A happy healthy baby is the ultimate goal... even if if does involve reusing your "zipper" :)