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The Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Experience Birth Stories by Parents and Professionals
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By Lynn Baptisti Richards and contributors
Foreword by Michel Odent
ISBN: 0-89789-120-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-120-2
304 pages
Bergin & Garvey Paperback
Publication: 9/30/1987
List Price: $33.95 (UK Sterling Price: £19.95)
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Media Type: Paperback
Subjects: Reviews:
  • 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
  • [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
  • Endorsement From Esther Zorn,


    Cesarean Prevention Movement
    :
    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.
Description: 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.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Michel Odent
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Special Care Nursery--A Fictionalized Account
  • Out of the Wombs of Mothers
  • Out of the Hands of Practitioners
  • Indexes
LC Card Number: 87-15107
LCC Class: RG761
Dewey Class: 618.4
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