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Silent Knife: Caesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Caesarean
Author:
Nancy Wainer Cohen & Lois J. Estner
CBI Review:
The prequel to Open Season, Silent Knife, has an important
message. The author's anger towards the
medical fraternity and the increasing caesarean rate
are unfortunate as they affect the power of the
message. Overall though, a useful addition
to your library, especially if you want to gain insight into the
issues surrounding caesareans and VBACs.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth
After Caesarean
Author:
Diana Korte
CBI Review:
Another easy read from Diana Korte. Nicely presented,
non threatening and lots of helpful information and well presented
research.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic & Birth
Author:
Suzanne Arms
CBI Review:
Although this is not a book specifically about caesarean and
VBAC, it explores the high levels of technology used in modern
hospitals and the consequences from the use of that technology.
Suzanne gives a clear background as to how we have reached the point
we are at today and dispels some of the myths about the benefits of
high tech birth. Those with strong Christian views may feel
uncomfortable in Suzanne's analysis of the impact of religion on
birth practices.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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Vaginal Birth After Caesarean: The Smart Woman's Guide to VBAC
Author:
Elizabeth Kaufmann
CBI Review:
An easy read for women who are just
beginning to contemplate a vaginal birth after a previous caesarean.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the
90s
Author:
Nancy Wainer Cohen
CBI Review:
Nancy has some excellent information in this book. It is less
angry than Silent Knife, however, it adds little new information.
The negative aspects of this book are the
lack of references and evidence based information, and emotive
language.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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Birth After Caesarean: The Medical Facts
Author:
Bruce L. Flamm
Amazon Description:
After years of deliberation, the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recently recommended that
routine repeat Caesarean sections should no longer be performed, with
only a few exceptions. In this handbook, Flamm successfully
describes and defends this newly popular concept of vaginal birth
after Caesarean (VBAC). He discusses the subject in depth, using a
question-and-answer format which, along with a very complete table
of contents, makes this book an easily accessible text for library
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Don't Cut Me Again! True Stories About Vaginal Birth After Caesarean
(VBAC)
Editor:
Angela J. Hoy
Amazon Description:
Across the country and the world, women are being forced to
undergo major abdominal surgery against their wishes, often for the
convenience and profits of the doctors and hospitals. In these
pages, you'll read true stories from women who refused to submit to
the medical community's threats and fear-tactics. These courageous
moms instinctively knew what was best for their babies and
themselves and, after having a prior c-section, they successfully
birthed their babies vaginally. |
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The Expectant Parent's Guide to Preventing a Caesarean Section
Author:
Carl Jones
Amazon Description:
Filled with authoritative and practical information, this
book points the way toward safe and positive vaginal delivery for
both first-time and post-caesarean parents. The Expectant Parent's
Guide to Preventing a Caesarean Section details the full consequences
of unnecessary caesareans--physical trauma to mother and baby,
maternal-infant separation, increased risk of maternal illness and
death, and greater difficulty in breastfeeding. Step-by-step
procedures provide a compassionate, well-researched plan for
caesarean prevention. You will learn what safeguards to take during
pregnancy and how to use the author's highly successful guided
imagery techniques. |
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Caesarean Voices
Editor:
Krista Cornish Scott, Laureen Hudson, Jill MacCorkle & Pamela Udy
Amazon Description:
No description available. The
description on the ICAN website (publisher) states: "Caesarean
mothers tell their stories and feelings of loss, pain, anger,
sadness and more in their very own words. A very emotional read,
this compilation shows that a caesarean section surgery is not just
another way to have a baby, and that how the mother feels about her
experience does matter." |
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Natural Childbirth After Caesarean: A Practical Guide
Author:
Karis Crawford & Johanne C. Walters
CBI Review:
One of the most readable books on VBAC
available, this book is excellent for mothers contemplating their
choices and wanting easy to read facts and figures.
CBI Ratings:
Supportive of choice:
Easy to read:
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The Caesarean Myth
Author:
Mortimer Rosen & Lillian Thomas
Amazon Description:
Rosen, chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology
at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and freelance writer Thomas
use numerous examples from Rosen's three decades of practice to
illustrate when a caesarean is mandatory, when it is unnecessary or
unwise, and when the decision is a judgment call. This book, they
say, is intended as an effort to reduce confrontations by arming
patients with data and by encouraging them and their obstetricians
to form alliances of trust long before determinations about caesarean
delivery must be made. |
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Trust Your Body! Trust Your Baby!: Childbirth Wisdom and Caesarean
Prevention
Editor:
Andrea Frank Henkart
Amazon Description:
Through anecdotal experiences, facts figures, and the
contributions of well-known authors in the field, this rich volume
offers fresh approaches to the aggressive procedures embraced by
many doctors and women of child-bearing age. The physical,
psychological, and cultural implications of caesarean sections are
thoroughly examined. Also explored are many time-tested techniques
such as visualisation, massage, and exercises that can reposition
breech babies as well as other invaluable hints for avoiding
unnecessary caesarean sections. Completing this unique work is a
detailed discussion of associated issues such as VBAC, the husband's
role in childbirth, circumcision, and the far-reaching effects
natural delivery can have on the baby's entire life. |
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The Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Experience: Birth Stories by
Parents and Professionals
Editor: Lynn
Baptisti Richards
Editorial Review:
"It is the book for every woman who hopes for VBAC. In fact,
many first-time caesareans could be avoided if this book were read
first. It is thorough, it is compassionate." --Esther Zorn, Caesarean
Prevention Movement
"[A] landmark book. . . . These VBAC stories are inspiring,
as well as very informative about the nature of labour and
current U.S. obstetric practice."-- Ina May Gaskin, The
Birth Gazette |
