Product Description
This work addresses the issues which face physicians and families when looking at the statistics and alternatives of a caesarean birth. Both the authors have given birth naturally after having had two caesareans each. In a decade of counselling and coaching hundreds of other women through the process, they have gathered a store of knowledge that they share through many lively family vignettes. They present ways of finding a doctor or nurse-midwife who will support natural child birth rather than mandate a routine repeat caesarean. They help the woman and her partner explore their feelings about their previous birth or births, and work toward a resolution of any difficulties that may have contributed to a caesarean. Most importantly, they offer a step-by-step plan for pregnancy, labour and natural birth - a plan tailored to the very specialized needs of the woman who has experienced a caesarean.
Ingram
As the debate over the need for and benefits of scheduled cesarean section births heats up, the need for a book that takes an informed look at this important issue grow more vital. This book combines the extensive professional expertise of the authors with their personal experiences of cesarean and natural childbirth to create a guide that is at once informative, educational, and inspiring.