birth activist

Tori Spelling of Beverly Hills 90210 fame is expecting her second baby. Her first child was born after her water broke and an induction that failed by cesarean section. Tori had been outspoken about taking Lamaze classes and wanting a vaginal birth.

After Liam was born she was initially very happy and said nothing negative about her birth. But as the weeks and months followed she admitted to being disappointed that she wasn't able to have a vaginal birth. She never said she was upset about the cesarean or felt like it was a bad thing, but merely that she was sorry to have not had a vaginal birth - two very different thoughts.

When she got pregnant this time, with a daughter due any day, I really thought that she was someone who had a great chance of having a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Now the rumors are flying that she's in surgery, probably as I'm typing this, to give birth to her daughter. If that's true I wonder why. She's been healthy, looked great and been active. She had a non-repeating factor for her cesarean. So my guess is that if she's having a repeat cesarean, it's her doctor. One quote she made about him immediately after Liam's birth stuck in my head:

"I asked Dr. Rothbart if he'd do a good job, and he said, 'Well, Angelina didn't complain.' So I was like if Angelina let him do a C-section in Africa, I am ok. I felt comforted by that."

Yikes. She talked about the pain of recovery and how hard it made life. Tori discussed her difficulties with breastfeeding, which, while she never connected it to the c-section, studies show us it was the most likely culprit. I wonder if she's thought about how hard that will be with two babies? But she was seen getting a pedicure yesterday and her hair done last week. I just pray she's only nesting and not pre-surgical nesting.