Introducing Alexis Appleton, our newest chapter leader!

After my first baby was born by Cesarean in 2002, I had a pretty good recovery, but sadly, I was devastated by the feeling that my body was broken. A few weeks later, I called my friend to congratulate her on the birth of her second baby. During our chat, she mentioned she had a VBAC! I can’t really put into words the sense of relief and hope I felt when she told me that. At that point, I knew it was definitely something I wanted to look into, so I began to search the Internet for information not long afterwards. Back in the “early days” of the net, ICAN was probably one of the first resources I came across. The site was definitely a goldmine of information. Fast forward 17 months later, and I had my first (of five!) very healing VBAC! I am so thankful that ICAN and the website were there to provide the information I needed to educate myself!

 

Please share a little about yourself.

I am a mom of six married 17 years to my college sweetheart. My BS is in Clinical Laboratory Science because I love all things science, but I went on to get a Masters in Education so I could teach elementary school because I love kids. I taught for a few years until I “retired” to have my kids and be a stay at home mom, although I did get my real estate license and work from home for several years to help out with extra expenses. I have four sons and two daughters. I have an amazingly supportive and patient husband who is an engineer.  I love to read just about anything. Currently, I am taking a few courses to meet prerequisite requirements for applying to PA school. I hope to eventually be a PA in pediatrics or family medicine. I can’t wait to get to know and work more with our growing local birth community!