Cesarean sections

I have seen so many articles, videos, artwork, and blog posts about cesareans and VBACs recently that I thought I'd put together a list:

Cesarean bodies and scars:

• Breast and Belly talks about her post section body.
• Redspiral discusses the pain of her cesarean four months post-op.

News articles about cesareans and VBAC:

• A video produced by the Sydney Morning Herald, Scarred for Life, investigates the implications of a societal shift toward surgical delivery. The SMH also published associated articles: Fatal flaws in steady rise of caesareans, When birth is a race to stem the flow of blood, Caesareans heading to danger level, and a story about a woman with placenta accreta.
• USA Today article about cesarean sections: Answers prove elusive as c-section rate rises.

Birth stories and videos

• Enjoy Birth talks about her son's cesarean birth 10 years ago.
• One woman's video about her journey to VBAC
• Happy Sad Mama shares the story of her second child's birth. Her first baby, Charlotte, was stillborn.
• Tina Cassidy's ongoing birth story about her planned HBAC.
• A video about VBACs after a diagnosis of CPD: Question CPD
• Navelgazing Midwife writes about The myth of the vertex and discusses two malpresentations that ended in much-needed cesareans.
• Another woman's journey to VBAC
• A woman's homebirth after 3 cesareans
• Twin HBAC
  
• Another twin HBAC
  

Cesarean art

• Vbacwarrior shares a drawing about her first pregnancy, which ended in a cesarean. She also writes an allegory about the idea that you should be grateful. And many other riveting posts!
• A mother of two babies born via cesarean has created haunting artwork about her surgeries.

Research and writing

• Fearless Birth is writing a book about women's traumatic birth experiences, including cesareans. She is also conducting a survey about VBACs. Please participate!

Improving the cesarean experience

• A UK hospital has developed what they call a "natural" cesarean birth technique.
  
• An obstetrician writes about Humanizing Cesarean Birth.

Blogs and more

• Jenne discusses What they don't tell you about c-sections and talks about how her own cesarean birth (for breech presentation) might have been a causative factor in her brother's stillbirth. (Descent is a great new blog, by the way!)
• Better Birth discusses a new study about the risks associated with cesarean sections--in particular, the risk of hysterectomy depending on the number of cesarean sections a woman has has. Her blog also has many other related posts. Go check it out!
• Empowering Birth has a few recent posts about cesarean sections: VBACs after multiple cesareans, and information on preventing the likelihood of a uterine rupture. She has many other posts about VBAC and cesarean section in her blog archives.
  
• Truebirth discusses the terminology of VBAC.
• The Trial of Labor, a blog about VBAC, cesarean, and other birth-related topics.

Anything I missed? Let me know and I will add it.