Walk into your birth informed, prepared, and unshakeable, whatever the day brings.
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Planning a VBAC? Start with the real options, not the fear or the fairy tale.
Start tonight. Follow the plan. Feel different in 48 hours. Then I'll show you everything you need to keep her from coming back.
Not a course. Not a program. I wrote three books and spent nearly 25 years teaching this. This is all of it distilled into the exact recipe I'd give you if you were sitting in my office. On video. Step by step. Because not everyone has time to read a book, and some things you just need to see.
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You don’t have to walk in hoping. You can walk in ready. You are not alone.
You May Be Wondering
Will this help me “get” my VBAC?
It prepares you fully, body, mind, team, and plan. The outcome is between you, your body, and your care team. I don’t sell outcomes.
Is this anti-doctor or pro-home-birth?
No. This works with your medical team and reflects mainstream guidance from ACOG, ICAN, and the NIH consensus.
What if I end up with a repeat cesarean?
You’ll be prepared for that too, and supported in it. That’s part of the course, on purpose.
Knowledge and preparation are the keys to confidence and control, and that’s exactly what a VBAC asks of you. You’ve heard “once a cesarean, always a cesarean.” That rule hasn’t held up. For many people, a VBAC is a safe, evidence-supported choice. Preparation is the part you get to control. Not the outcome. The preparation.
If this is you:
- You’re planning a VBAC and drowning in conflicting opinions
- Your last birth ended in a cesarean you’re still processing
- You’ve been told “we’ll let you try”, and it didn’t sit right
- You want the real numbers, not fear and not a fairy tale
- You want to walk in ready, body, mind, and team
I believe you. And I built this so you'd never have to white-knuckle it alone.
Here's What No One Told You:
If a woman came to you postpartum with cesarean scar tissue limitations, pelvic girdle pain, and compromised core function, you wouldn't tell her "Give it time. The body heals on its own." She would get imaging. An assessment. A protocol. A timeline.
Yet every single day, women planning a VBAC are told: "You're fine. The scar healed. Try it and see. "Your body knows what to do."
Your body does know. But it also knows it was cut open. And if that cesarean left mechanical restrictions, motor control gaps, or tissue adhesions, those don't dissolve because you're motivated.
A VBAC isn't just a different birth. It's a different demand on an already-challenged system. The evidence is clear: women with VBAC success have assessment, preparation, and a team that understands the gap between "healed" and "ready."
We would never tell a professional athlete "what do you expect, you're an athlete." And yet we say exactly this to pregnant women. Every single day. That needs to stop.
I spent nearly 25 years learning how to treat professional athletes and applying that same precision to pregnancy. Because the same principles that get an athlete back on the field are the principles that get a pregnant woman back to her life. The right treatment, in the right order, at the right time.
The internet will hand you 47 different stretches from 47 different sources. What it won't give you is the order. The dosing. The timing. The understanding of which phase your body is in and what it actually needs right now.
That's what I built this for.
Every technique in this plan is grounded in published research.
ACOG Committee Opinion #804. Clinical evidence supporting manual therapy, soft tissue work, and exercise for pregnancy-related lower back pain. Published studies on kinesiology tape, cryotherapy, lumbar support, postural correction, and trigger point release. Plus nearly 25 years of clinical experience treating this exact condition—the most common pregnancy complaint—every single day.
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THIS EITHER.
Help them see what you're going through. Then show them how to help.
Your partner isn't doubting your ability on purpose. Your OB isn't trying to discourage you. Your doctor may genuinely not know the specifics of your scar. They just don't have the language, the research, or the framework to understand what your body actually needs to attempt a VBAC.
I know this because I've spent nearly 25 years watching it happen. I wrote three books about it. One for you. One for your provider's office. One for the partner lying awake next to you wondering if this is really possible. Because the gap isn't love. It's understanding.
This toolkit gives them the ACOG guidelines, the published research on scar integrity and labor mechanics, and the exact words so that the next time you say "I'm scared my scar will rupture," the answer isn't "It won't. Trust your body." The answer is: "That fear is valid. Here's what the evidence actually says. And here's exactly how we'll prepare you."
Once the people around you understand what your scar can handle, what it can't, and what preparation looks like, everything changes. Your partner stops trying to reassure you blindly and starts showing up with knowledge. Your provider stops assuming and starts assessing. And you stop carrying the weight alone. Because this isn't just about being supported. It's about being prepared.
Your VBAC attempt should be informed, and the people who love you want to help you succeed. They just need someone to show them how.
THE PLAN
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PREPARING FOR VBAC
Your body has one shot at this birth. Let's make it count. You are not alone.
YOUR PROVIDER
I've been doing this for almost 25 years. And I built this because you deserve better.
I'm Dr. Brandie Elizabeth Keates. Before I was a chiropractor, I was a paramedic. I've delivered babies. I've managed emergencies. That training taught me to stay calm under pressure, spot the nuances that matter, and never dismiss what someone tells me they're feeling.
I spent nearly 25 years treating professional athletes and applying that same sports medicine precision to pregnancy. Because the same injury that sidelines an athlete is the same injury that keeps a pregnant woman from walking, working, and living her life. I know this because it happened to me. The same condition kept me from working during my own pregnancy, and that's when I realized just how debilitating it is and how little help existed.
I've worked with thousands of women with SPD. And I've watched the same story play out over and over. She's in pain. She tells her provider. They say "it's normal." And she believes them. So she waits. She white-knuckles it through the rest of her pregnancy, counting down to delivery, convinced it'll all be over once the baby arrives.
But it doesn't go away. It just changes shape. The pubic pain becomes lower back pain. The instability becomes core weakness. The damage Peggy caused during pregnancy quietly shows up postpartum as something else entirely. And then she spends months chasing a new set of symptoms that started with the same untreated problem.
I wrote What You Don't Expect When You're Expecting in 2018 because no one warns women about this. Not their doctor. Not their mother. Not the pregnancy apps. It usually hits hardest in a second pregnancy, right when she thinks she knows what to expect. And the pain is only half of it. The other half is finding out that no one around her believes it's real.
Then women started showing up postpartum wondering why the pain never left. So I wrote Why Does My Kitty Still Hurt? in 2023. Because Peggy doesn't just disappear after delivery. She goes quiet, and then she comes back as something else. And most recently, What Your Partner Doesn't Expect When Expecting (and How to Help) in 2025, because the person sleeping next to you wants to help. They just have no idea how.
Three books. All on Amazon. Nearly 25 years of clinical practice. Thousands of patients. And I condensed all of it into this. Outsmart Peggy is everything I would walk you through if you were sitting in my office tonight. The same assessment. The same protocol. The same order. Just without the waitlist.
Why wait to heal something that's only getting worse? Why suffer through a pregnancy you could be savoring? You can start tonight.
We would never look at a professional athlete in pain and say "what do you expect, you're an athlete." We would never say "let's wait until your season is over to help you." And yet we say exactly this to pregnant women. Every. Single. Day.
That needs to stop. You deserve answers. You deserve a plan. You deserve someone with the credentials and the experience to make sure what you're doing is safe, effective, and built for your body right now.
It's time
Stop suffering. Start savoring your pregnancy.
You didn't expect to feel this fear. You didn't expect to feel so alone in it. You didn't expect your provider to dismiss your concerns about your previous cesarean, or your partner to say "just trust your body" like that fixes everything.
I wrote three books about that. One for you: What You Don't Expect When You're Expecting. One for your doctor's waiting room: Why Does My Body Still Hurt? One for the partner who wants to support your VBAC but doesn't know how. Because after nearly 25 years of treating this, I know the fear is only half the story. The other half is the lack of a plan.
Your concerns are legitimate. And you deserve better than "your body knows what to do" when you need actual preparation.
Imagine lying down tonight knowing exactly how to prepare your body for labor after cesarean. Not guessing whether your body can handle it. Not Googling rupture statistics at 3 a.m. Not carrying this fear alone. Just following a clear, evidence-based plan from someone who pioneered applying sports medicine principles to pregnancy for nearly a quarter century. Someone who teaches other chiropractors how to assess and prepare women for VBAC. Someone OBGYNs trust enough to refer their own patients to. Someone with the medical training of a former paramedic who has helped thousands of women just like you attempt and succeed at their VBACs.
Someone who believes your pregnancy should be savored. Not survived.
Doctor of Chiropractic. FICPA: Advanced Certification in Pregnancy and Pediatrics. ICPA Fellow. SBA Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year. National CE educator. Former paramedic. Author of three books on pregnancy pain. Pioneer in sports medicine for pregnancy. Nearly 25 years of doing this, every single day.
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