Don't Cut Me Again! True Stories about Vaginal Birth After Cesarean

by Angela J. Hoy (Editor)

Once a cesarean, always a cesarean? Not quite! 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 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, they successfully birthed their babies vaginally. DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC! If you feel you're being forced into a cesarean against your will, or if you're trying find the courage to attempt a VBAC and don't know where to turn, read this book.

250 pages, Paperback

First published February 21, 2007

Reviews

[Beth Avant · Rating 1 out of 5]

In my quest to prepare myself with as much information as possible on VBACS I got this book. I think it had the opposite effect than Ms. Hoy intended. Instead of empowering me to want and know i can do, it scared the crap out of me. Page after page of horrendous 5 day labor stories where the mom's are already 6 days over due made me want to go ahead and just schedule my next c/s.

The bios of the authors said that a lot of them were writers but the stories were very poorly written.

If you are considering a VBAC, do yourself a favor and don't read this book.

[Avid · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was given twenty dollars and a promise of a free copy of the book when it was published. I was told that my story would be professionally edited and I would get a chance to see the edited copy before it was published. I believe was never edited. I'm embarrassed at the grammar errors in my story.

I don't remember reading that the story writers were professional writers nor do I remember reading about labors that lasted 5 or 6 days. I'll have to get out the free copy that I received and read it again.

There are many inspiring stories if you can get past the fact that it is not edited.


Warning….It may disturb some to see that there is a SIDS story at the end. It is one of the VBAC babies in the book. The mother said she did not believe that it was related to the VBAC delivery, but rather to the fact the baby was put to sleep on its stomach. She does say she put her other babies to sleep that way, but they were OK.

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compilation of birth stories from hopeful vbac mamas. This book really showed me that a vbac in a hospital is a scary propisition.