The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Experience: Birth Stories by Parents and Professionals

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It is the book for every woman who hopes for VBAC. In fact, many first-time cesareans could be avoided if this book were read first. It is thorough, it is compassionate. Esther Zorn, Cesarean Prevention Movement [A] landmark book. . . . These VBAC stories are inspiring, as well as very informative about the nature of labor and current U.S. obstetric practice. Ina May Gaskin, The Birth Gazette This is not a dry text book remote from reality, but a powerful `manual' that burns the knowledge women need in an indelible way on heart and mind. AIMS Quarterly Journal Here for the first time are intimate stories of the VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) experience, as told by mothers, fathers, midwives, obstetricians, labor coaches, and others whose lives have been affected by VBAC. The stories demystify in a powerful way the idea of once a cesarean, always a cesarean. By example, each story is a telling critique of birthing practices in general and the cesarean outcome in particular, as well as a primer for mothers, fathers, and professionals on the VBAC experience.

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"It is the book for every woman who hopes for VBAC. In fact, many first-time cesareans could be avoided if this book were read first. It is thorough, it is compassionate."-Esther Zorn, Cesarean Prevention Movement
[A] landmark book. . . . These VBAC stories are inspiring, as well as very informative about the nature of labor and current U.S. obstetric practice.-Ina May Gaskin, The Birth Gazette
[A]n enjoyable, readable book which will empower all who read it-C/Sec Newsletter
For all those women who are feeling . . . alone-in-the-struggle . . . here is the book they have needed for reassurance and as an antidote to the naysayers with whom they are surrounded. Here are the first person accounts of the women, their husbands, mid-wives, and physicians that will provide information and support for women who plan on a vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean section.-Imprints
This is not a dry text book remote from reality, but a powerful 'manual' that burns the knowledge women need in an indelible way on heart and mind.-Aims Quarterly Journal
"A landmark book. . . . These VBAC stories are inspiring, as well as very informative about the nature of labor and current U.S. obstetric practice."-Ina May Gaskin, The Birth Gazette
"An enjoyable, readable book which will empower all who read it"-C/Sec Newsletter
"[A] landmark book. . . . These VBAC stories are inspiring, as well as very informative about the nature of labor and current U.S. obstetric practice."-Ina May Gaskin, The Birth Gazette
"[A]n enjoyable, readable book which will empower all who read it"-C/Sec Newsletter
"This is not a dry text book remote from reality, but a powerful 'manual' that burns the knowledge women need in an indelible way on heart and mind."-Aims Quarterly Journal
"For all those women who are feeling . . . alone-in-the-struggle . . . here is the book they have needed for reassurance and as an antidote to the naysayers with whom they are surrounded. Here are the first person accounts of the women, their husbands, mid-wives, and physicians that will provide information and support for women who plan on a vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean section."-Imprints

Author Bio

LYNN BAPTISTI RICHARDS is a VBAC mother, midwife, author, and pioneer in the VBAC movement.