Cesarean bodies and scars:
- Breast and Belly talks about her post section body.
- Redspiral discusses the pain of her cesarean four months post-op.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Fearless Birth is writing a book about women's traumatic birth experiences, including cesareans. She is also conducting a survey about VBACs. Please participate!
- A UK hospital has developed what they call a "natural" cesarean birth technique.
- An obstetrician writes about Humanizing Cesarean Birth.
- 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.
Thank you for sharing such a comprehensive and diverse list.
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Yes! My video, Journey to VBAC:
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What a great list...thanks for putting it out there.
Angela
Yes, Don't for get this one! A homebirth after 3 c-sections
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Perhaps the most comprehensive source for VBAC info on the web:
ReplyDeletewww.plus-size-pregnancy.org. It's great!
Thanks for the great list of resources, so much good blogging going on out there! And wow to the SMH series -- excellent journalism down under!! I wish they did stuff of that quality in a major daily here in the US of A. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteBy the way. The exponential risks for placenta accreta after multiple sections really worries me for HBAC mammas. I'm assuming accreta is diagnosable via ultrasound? Do home birth midwives recommend it for HBACs after multiple cesareans?
Yes, an ultrasound will reveal if there's an accreta. I think it would be prudent for a VBAC mom to have an ultrasound to check the placement/insertion of the placenta. Placenta accreta and previa are both more common after prior cesarean surgeries.
ReplyDeleteHere's my HBAC story:
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I'd like to suggest three links on the subject of planned cesarean delivery that may be of interest to your readers, particularly the first one. Perhaps you'd be happy to add them to your list above?
ReplyDelete*http://www.electivecesarean.com
*http://www.electivecesarean.blogspot.com
*http://www.gopetition.com/online/20660.html
Thank you