VBAC News – April, 2009
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VBACs: Breaking the repeat cesarean cycle
Monica Cornish delivered her first child by cesarean section. “My baby was breech and my recovery was difficult due to some problems with the incision healing,” Cornish says. “They basically had to reopen it and leave it open for a week to drain all the blood out…
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Doulas of Central New York seeks positive birth stories
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Birth by appointment
When Emma Lincoln was getting ready to deliver her first child, she told her doctor to schedule a Caesarean section. Neither Ms. Lincoln, who lives in Salisbury, Md., nor her baby had any medical issues that would warrant the surgical delivery.
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You Try Saying No to a C-Section
According to Listening to Mothers II, the largest survey of women’s experiences during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, one quarter of the survey participants who had cesareans reported that they had experienced pressure from a health professional to have cesarean surgery…
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Home Birthing is *Gasp* Safe!
A large-scale study in the Netherlands has found no difference in death rates of either mothers or babies in 530,000 births. Whether you give birth in the hospital or in the comforts of your own home, the stats are the same.
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Washington Times Examines Increase In Elective Caesarean Section Deliveries
Changing attitudes toward c-sections, doctors and insurance companies’ concerns about malpractice lawsuits, and some women’s perception that scheduled births are more convenient have led to the increase in c-sections, which carry risks of complications from anesthesia and longer hospital stays and recoveries than vaginal births….
