- The VBAC Companion
- The Expectant Mother's Guide to Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
- By Diana Korte
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The old rule, “Once a cesarean, always a cesarean,” no longer holds sway. The combined forces of mothers seeking more natural and rewarding childbirth experiences, with fewer complications for themselves and their babies, and hospitals and HMOs looking for ways to rein in costs by reducing unnecessary surgeries, have led to a sharp increase in the rate of VBACs, or vaginal births after cesarean.
Cesarean rates in the U.S. are high and continue to grow each year. Many women who deliver by c-section at least consider a VBAC the next time around, and growing numbers are going ahead with that option.
The VBAC Companion helps women make this critical choice armed with accurate information and complete confidence. Diana Korte addresses all of a mother’s concerns, from the potential for rupture of uterine scars to the risk of prolonged or particularly difficult labor. She gives a woman the resources she needs to negotiate the maze of doctors, midwives, hospitals, HMOs, and insurers, in order for her to be able to give birth in the way she wishes. And, amid her own warm, practical, expert advice, Korte quotes the real-life stories, full of tough decisions and hard-won successes, of dozens of women who have made the VBAC choice.
Book Details
- Paperback, $17.95
ISBN 978-1-55832-129-8
- Total Pages: 240 pg.
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
From the Press Room
Praise
“Diana Korte has written a wise, well-researched and thorough guide to achieving a VBAC. If you have had a cesarean and plan to have another baby, I recommend that you read this book.”
—Ina May Gaskin, president, Midwives Alliance of North America
“The VBAC Companion is powerfully supportive and emotionally healing. The earlier The VBAC Companion is read, the better, for it gives women help in finding the right VBAC-friendly environment and support team before they are locked into a system which doesn’t support their choices.”
—Barbara Hotelling, president, Doulas of North America
“Comprehensive and beautifully written, The VBAC Companion is yet another masterpiece on birthing from Diana Korte. It contains a thorough body of medical and scientific information along with the personal stories of women who have had VBAC’s. I recommend it with great enthusiasm to every woman who has had a cesarean and to anyone who wants to be well prepared and well informed about childbirth.”
—John Kennell, M.D., professor of pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and author of Bonding and Mothering the Mother
“Diana Korte’s wise, commonsense approach to childbirth always has been refreshing as well as reassuring to women giving birth. Diana’s most recent book offers a much needed wealth of information on VBAC. The widespread circulation of The VBAC Companion undoubtedly will curtail the trend towards repeat cesarean births.”
—Mary Ann Kerwin, Co-Founder of La Leche League International, current LLLI board member