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| About the Book | |
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Have you had a cesarean section (c-section) and are you pregnant again? Is your doctor or hospital trying to force you to undergo another c-section, just because you've had one previously? Are they spewing statistics about the potential consequences of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC), but not telling you how dangerous another c-section can be? Across the country and the world, women are being forced to undergo major abdominal surgery against their wishes, often for the convenience and profits of the doctors and hospitals. Yes, a c-section is often billed at much higher rates than a vaginal delivery! Would it surprise you to know that many doctors do, in fact, support VBACs in healthy women, but are instead allowing the hospital and their own insurance company to dictate the medical care you're about to receive? That's right! Your doctor's liability insurance company, not your physician, may be directing your care right now! In these pages, you'll read true stories from women who refused to submit to the medical community's threats and fear-tactics. These courageous moms instinctively knew what was best for their babies and themselves and, after having a prior c-section, successfully birthed their babies vaginally. The practice of forcing a c-section on a woman and her baby violates a woman's basic rights and can very well result in harm to the baby and/or mother. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction by Angela Hoy 1. Dont Cut Me Again! by Angela Hoy 2. A Heart Defector a Water Birth Complication? by Angela Hoy 3. We Are Fully and Most Awesomely Female by Chaleen Duggan 4. Birth and Re-birth by Brigid Cumming 5. A Tale of Two Sons by Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur 6. Three Births, Two VBACs by Lea Date 7. Three VBACs! by Carrie Steinweg 8. A Belly Dancers VBAC by Heidi Wessman Kneale 9. Trading Fear for Love by Julia Duncan 10. A Natural Delivery is Best for Baby by Diane Craver 11. Delivery by Pony Express by Jodi W. 12. Two Successful VBACs by Brenda Ruggiero 13. Induced At Home A Midwife Uses Cytotec by Karen Putz 14. VBA2C: VBAC After Two Cesareans! by Deana Atherton 15. I Fired My OB at 35 Weeks by L.S. 16. A Birth I Can Dream About Now by Robyn Morton 17. Position and the Right Support Mean Everything by Wendy Bat-Sarah 18. I Will Definitely Do It Again! by Franny Meritt 19. Our Bodies Will Do Anything to Protect Our Babies by Lauren Cooper 20. Stuck at 4 cm by Kathleen F. 21. Hoping for a Better VBAC Next Time by Emilie 22. The Happiest Mom with a Sore Bottom in Town by J.P. 23. Dont Fix What Aint Broken! by Lauren Cooper 24. I Didnt Know I Had That Kind of Strength by Kathleen K. 25. To My Sweet Baby Logan Bob by Emilie Jarman Index
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Angela Hoy was stunned and angered when she was told she would not be permitted to birth her fifth child vaginally, even though she'd had three successful vaginal births and only one previous c-section. Her research into this ludicrous practice revealed a nationwide trend of hospitals forcing women to have major, and often unnecessary, surgery against their wishes. Her pleas for help led her to other women who had already successfully done what Angela wanted to do, have a VBAC! Their courageous, sometimes painful, and often humorous birth stories appear herein. Angela's five children (three birthed the old-fashioned way, one c-section and a VBAC) are pictured at left: Zach, Mason, Max, Ali and Frank |