Remember: choose your caregiver carefully, take an independent childbirth class and consider hiring a doula. YOU CAN DO IT! And you'll be glad that you did!

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Rebuttal to Rationales for Denial of VBAC

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The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
Henci Goer specializes in birth issues
Texas Hospital Checkup - a listing of Texas hospitals and their cesarean section rates and VBAC rates
V-Bac Rates for Texas Hospitals - (PDF file)
Cesarean Section Rates for Texas Hospitals - (PDF file)

Book Recommendations

The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. (Henci Goer) If you're only going to read one book, let it be this one. It contains not only a wonderful chapter on avoiding a cesarean, but also comprehensive information on the judicious use of medical intervention. The book is more reader friendly, but not as in depth, as Ms. Goer's previous publication, Obstetric Myth vs. Research Reality
The Doula Book: How a Trained Labor Companion Can Help You Have a Shorter, Easier and Healthier Birth (by Klaus, Kennell and Klaus) For more information about doulas (Including the fact that doulas have been proven to reduce your risk of having a cesarean by 50%. Family members and other supportive people have not been shown to provide the same
benefit.)
Silent Knife (by Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner) Written by the woman who coined the phrase "VBAC"; The definitive text written during a time when the standard of obstetrical care was "Once a cesarean, always a cesarean"; Also consider the follow-up book by Nancy Wainer Cohen, Open Season
Birth After Cesarean (by Bruce Flamm, MD) Full of statistics helpful for making decisions regarding choices you make
for your care
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth (by Ina May Gaskin) Published following the most recent VBAC-lash and includes a chapter discussing the political state of VBAC today; Also includes excellent information for achieving a natural birth
Rebounding from Childbirth: Toward Emotional Recovery (by Lynn Madsen) For anyone who has experienced a cesarean (or any traumatic birth); Gives specific exercises for understanding and dealing with the feelings many women have following a cesarean
The VBAC Experience: Very Beautiful And Courageous (by Lynn Baptisti Richards) A collection of women's birth stories: first the woman's c-section story, followed by her VBAC story; The author's comments are interspersed in the stories supplying excellent information; Fabulously encouraging
The VBAC Companion: The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (by Diana Korte)
What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know About Cesarean Section, MCA