16 October, 2009

VBACs

I found a great site on VBACs (Vaginal birth after Cesarean) yesterday.

http://www.vbac.com/index.html

{This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals access to research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC* (vaginal birth after cesarean).}


In the United States more than one million women, 1 in 3, give birth by cesarean every year, the most common major operation performed in the country. Current evidence shows that the majority of women can have safe vaginal births after a prior cesarean (a VBAC), but according to the US Centers for Disease Control the VBAC rate fell 67% in the last ten years.

Beyone Due Dates: How Late is too Late?

"Once our children are born, it seems we have infinite patience for the great diversity and variety of growth and development among them. One gets teeth at this age, another a month later. My first walked at 9 months, my 2nd at a year and so on. We even seem to take it all in stride that one baby weighs in at 6 lbs. 7 ounces while another at 9 lbs. 2 ounces. Why then are we so quick to believe that millions of babies will somehow, magically be ready to be born at precisely the same time in their gestation?"

The rest can be found here.