VBAC Handout

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Easy Steps to a Safer Pregnancy - View e-book or Download PDF - FREE!
An interactive resource for moms on easy steps they can take to reduce exposure to chemical toxins during pregnancy.

Other excellent resources about avoiding toxins during pregnancy

These are easy to read and understand and are beautifully presented.

VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) and Cesarean Prevention

Cohen, Nancy Wainer and Lois J. Estner. Silent Knife: Cesarean Prevention and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean. New York: Bergin and Garvey, 1983.
Cohen, Nancy Wainer. Open Season: A Survival Guide for Natural Childbirth and VBAC in the 90s. New York: Bergin and Garvey, 1991.
Flamm, Bruce. Birth After Cesarean: The Medical Facts. New York: Prentice Hall, 1990.

International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc.
1304 Kingsdale Ave.
Redondo Beach CA 90278
310/542-6400
An excellent resource with a supportive, informative newsletter, The Clarion.

Birth Alternatives Respectful of Women and their Babies

This topic is especially relevant to mothers who are at risk of postpartum depression because the more interventive a birth a woman experiences, the more likely she is to be depressed. Choose a birth alternative that will empower you AND keep your baby safe.

Arms, Suzanne. Immaculate Deception II: Myth, Magic, and Birth. Berkeley: Celestial Arts, 1994.
Jones, Carl. Alternative Birth. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1990.
Kitzinger, Sheila. The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
Kitzinger, Sheila. Homebirth. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991.
Korte, Diana and Roberta Scaer. A Good Birth, A Safe Birth. Harvard: Harvard UP, 1992.
Sears, William. The Birth Book: Everything You Need to Know to Have a Safe and Satisfying Birth. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1994.

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