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Book My Caesarean

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amanda Fields
  • Publisher : The Experiment
  • Release : 2019-05-01
  • ISBN : 1615195521
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book My Caesarean written by Amanda Fields and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one vivid, moving essays on caesarean birth “No one talks about C-sections as surgery,” writes SooJin Pate. “They talk about it as if it’s just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth.” The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood. Robin Schoenthaler reflects: “A C-section for us meant life.” And yet, women who don’t give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. “My son’s birth was not a test I needed to pass,” writes Sara Bates. “As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn’t enough,” adds Mary Pan, herself a physician. Alongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.

Book My Caesarean  Twenty One Mothers on the C Section Experience and After

Download or read book My Caesarean Twenty One Mothers on the C Section Experience and After written by Amanda Fields and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one vivid, moving essays on caesarean birth “No one talks about C-sections as surgery,” writes SooJin Pate. “They talk about it as if it’s just another way—albeit more convenient way—of giving birth.” The twenty-one essays in My Caesarean add back to the conversation the missing voices of a vast, invisible sisterhood. Robin Schoenthaler reflects: “A C-section for us meant life.” And yet, women who don’t give birth vaginally—by choice or necessity—often feel stigmatized. “My son’s birth was not a test I needed to pass,” writes Sara Bates. “As if growing a human inside another human for nine months then caring for it the rest of its life isn’t enough,” adds Mary Pan, herself a physician. Alongside their personal stories, the writers—decorated novelists, poets, and essayists—address the history of the C-section as well as its risks, social inequities, impact on the body, and psychological aftermath. My Caesarean is a heartfelt meditation, offering much-needed comfort through shared experience. Contributors include: Catherine Newman, Judy Batalion, Nicole Cooley, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Lisa Solod, Misty Urban, Jacinda Townsend, Mary Pan, Robin Schoenthaler, Elizabeth Noll, Jen Fitzgerald, Tyrese Coleman, SooJin Pate, Daniela Montoya-Barthelemy, Cameron Dezen Hammon, LaToya Jordan, Sara Bates, Susan Hoffmann, and Alicia Jo Rabins.

Book The Essential C Section Guide

Download or read book The Essential C Section Guide written by Maureen Connolly and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childbirth is a life-altering experience for any woman, but a Cesarean delivery can be overwhelming, whether it’s unexpected or planned. Despite the fact that roughly one in four babies in the United States is delivered by c-section, very little information about the experience is included in typical pregnancy books and physicians and childbirth educators often gloss over the details. The Essential C-Section Guide is written not only for women to read in preparation for a scheduled c-section and for those considered “high risk” who know that a c-section may become necessary but also for women recovering from an unexpected surgical delivery. This book provides answers to important questions about what the surgery entails, what a woman can expect as she recovers, and what considerations should be made for future pregnancies and deliveries. With frank discussions about the physical and emotional aspects surrounding a c-section, the authors share comforting wisdom about early bonding, pain control, breastfeeding, infant care, healing from surgery, postpartum exercise, partner involvement, and much more, in detail not available anywhere else. Written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of birth by c-section, The Essential C-Section Guide is well-researched and addresses its unique concerns with intelligence and compassion. www.broadwaybooks.com

Book C Section Moms   Caesarean mothers in words and photographs

Download or read book C Section Moms Caesarean mothers in words and photographs written by Caroline Oblasser and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: C-Section Moms - Caesarean mothers in words and photographs Photo book, guide and a treasure trove of experiences for pregnant women, mothers and obstetricians Collected experiences of 162 Caesarean mothers - Comprehensive, clear and honest Mothers with one, two, three or four Caesareans aged between 20 and 77 / Experiences after emergency, elective and planned Caesarean sections / Spontaneous birth after a C-Section (VBAC) / Aesthetic photographs of 60 different Caesarean scars / The "gentle Caesarean section" Photo report of a Caesarean section using the "Misgav Ladach" method / PLUS: Caesarean surgery: Preparation, procedure, aftercare ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY PARTICIPATING CAESAREAN MOTHERS "Thank you for this book - a great idea. Thank you for your work and initiative. You helped me accept my Caesarean fate' in its entirety." 47 years, 1 Caesarean "A book by women - for women!" 35 years, 1 Caesarean "It is always good to chat to other Caesarean mothers and, despite all the different experiences, to come to the conclusion that this was the best way to deliver a healthy child! Good luck with your book!" 36 years, 2 Caesareans "It feels so good to be able to share experiences with like-minded people." 50 years, 2 Caesareans "Through this project I have been able to remember a lot of things that I experienced 40 years ago. An interesting project!" 65 years, 2 Caesareans "Good luck with the book! I think this is exactly what expectant mummies need." 28 years, 2 children, 1 Caesarean "The scar on the outside is not the same as the inner scar - Thanks for the experience." 29 years, 3 Caesareans

Book Cesarean Section

Download or read book Cesarean Section written by Jacqueline H. Wolf and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cesarean Section is the first book to chronicle this history. In exploring the creation of the complex social, cultural, economic, and medical factors leading to the surgery's increase, Jacqueline H. Wolf describes obstetricians' reliance on assorted medical technologies that weakened the skills they had traditionally employed to foster vaginal birth. She also reflects on an unsettling malpractice climate--prompted in part by a raft of dubious diagnoses--that helped to legitimize "defensive medicine," and a health care system that ensured cesarean birth would be more lucrative than vaginal birth. In exaggerating the risks of vaginal birth, doctors and patients alike came to view cesareans as normal and, increasingly, as essential. Sweeping change in women's lives beginning in the 1970s cemented this markedly different approach to childbirth.

Book Second Chance

Download or read book Second Chance written by Thais Nye Derich and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the joyful day of her son’s birth, Thais Derich never questioned going to the hospital. A week later, she walked out physically, spiritually, and emotionally injured, and fully disabused of the idea that the medical field would ever put her best interests before protocol, money, and legal concerns. The next three years of her life were spent recovering from that day, and preparing herself to do things her way when she became pregnant again. And then she did get pregnant again—and that resolve was put to the test. A universal story about betrayal and trust and the roller coaster ride in between, Second Chance illuminates the many ways in which our healthcare system is broken when it comes to helping women give birth, and gives a voice to all the mothers who have walked away from their delivery experiences wondering what the hell just happened.

Book Birthing Normally After a Cesarean Or Two  American Edition

Download or read book Birthing Normally After a Cesarean Or Two American Edition written by Hélène Vadeboncoeur and published by Fresh Heart Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book discusses VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean).

Book Birth Control

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allison Yarrow
  • Publisher : Seal Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 1541619323
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book Birth Control written by Allison Yarrow and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Supported by ample data and suffused with anger,” an award-winning journalist “convincingly recasts this country’s maternal health care system as needlessly dehumanizing” (New York Times Book Review). Modern medicine should make pregnancy and childbirth safer for all. But in Birth Control, award-winning journalist Allison Yarrow reveals how women are controlled, traumatized, injured, and even killed because of the traditionalist practices of medical professionals and hospitals. Ever since doctors stole control of birth from midwives in the 19th century, women have been steamrolled by a male-dominated medical establishment that has everyone convinced that birthing bodies are inherently flawed and that every pregnancy is a crisis that it alone can “solve.” Common medical practices and procedures violate human rights and the law, yet take place daily. Misogyny and racism, not scientific evidence and support, shape the overwhelming majority of America’s four million annual births. Drawing on extensive reporting, expert interviews, an original survey of 1,300 mothers, and her own personal experiences, Yarrow documents how modern maternal health care is insidiously, purposefully designed to take power from women to the detriment of their physical and mental health—not just during labor, but for years after. She then shows a better way, exploring solutions both cutting-edge and ancient to—finally—return power and control to birthing people. Full of urgent insights and heartfelt emotion, Birth Control is an explosive call to action.

Book Vaginal Birth After Caesarean

Download or read book Vaginal Birth After Caesarean written by Helen Churchill and published by Pinter & Martin Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women are over four times more likely to have a caesarean birth than they were some years ago. Intended for women who have had a caesarean or repeat caesareans, this title provides suggestions for constructive ways to achieve vaginal birth when it is the right option for mother and baby.

Book Cesarean Section

Download or read book Cesarean Section written by Michele C. Moore and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trusted physicians reassure mothers and mothers-to-be: It's okay to say yes. One in four babies born in the United States and Europe comes into the world via Cesarean section. Yet this procedure has been described by critics as an unnecessary and potentially dangerous medical intervention. Consequently, expectant mothers often fear this option, and women who have had C-sections can feel a sense of failure. In Cesarean Section: Understanding and Celebrating Your Baby's Birth, Drs. Michele Moore and Caroline de Costa emphasize the joy of delivering a healthy baby, however that is best achieved. They explain why Cesarean births are sometimes preferable to vaginal delivery for both mother and baby, and they help women understand the issues behind the decision to perform the procedure. From anesthesia, surgery, and recovery through at-home care of mother and child, the authors offer reassurance and practical information for all mothers and mothers-to-be. They also discuss the latest findings on postpartum depression and planning for future births, including the possibility of vaginal birth after a Cesarean section. For every woman who has a planned—or unplanned—Cesarean section, this book provides the information they need to alleviate their fears and come to value this delivery option. "Because up to a quarter of all births are Cesarean births, prenatal preparation should include information about Cesarean sections for every woman. And that is why we have written this guide. . . . We believe strongly that it is time to speak out and say that Cesarean section is a normal birth method and that women who have a Cesarean section should not be made to feel that they have failed. . . . We hope you find the information in this book useful and helpful in thinking about C-section, whether you have already had a Cesarean and want to understand the experience better, you wish to plan for another C-section birth, or you are expecting a baby and want to be informed about all the possibilities ahead, including this other normal way of bringing a baby into the world."—from the Introduction

Book The Essential C Section Guide

Download or read book The Essential C Section Guide written by Maureen Connolly and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childbirth is a life-altering experience for any woman, but a Cesarean delivery can be overwhelming, whether it’s unexpected or planned. Despite the fact that roughly one in four babies in the United States is delivered by c-section, very little information about the experience is included in typical pregnancy books and physicians and childbirth educators often gloss over the details. The Essential C-Section Guide is written not only for women to read in preparation for a scheduled c-section and for those considered “high risk” who know that a c-section may become necessary but also for women recovering from an unexpected surgical delivery. This book provides answers to important questions about what the surgery entails, what a woman can expect as she recovers, and what considerations should be made for future pregnancies and deliveries. With frank discussions about the physical and emotional aspects surrounding a c-section, the authors share comforting wisdom about early bonding, pain control, breastfeeding, infant care, healing from surgery, postpartum exercise, partner involvement, and much more, in detail not available anywhere else. Written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of birth by c-section, The Essential C-Section Guide is well-researched and addresses its unique concerns with intelligence and compassion. www.broadwaybooks.com

Book Invisible Labor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Somerstein
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2024-06-04
  • ISBN : 0063264439
  • Pages : 416 pages

Download or read book Invisible Labor written by Rachel Somerstein and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical care When Rachel Somerstein had an unplanned C-section with her first child, the experience was anything but “routine.” A series of errors by her clinicians led to a real-life nightmare: surgery without anesthesia. The ensuing mental and physical complications left her traumatized and searching for answers about how things could have gone so wrong. In the United States, one in three babies is born via C-section, a rate that has grown exponentially over the past fifty years. And while in most cases the procedure is safe, it is not without significant, sometimes life-changing consequences, many of which affect people of color disproportionately. With C-sections all but invisible in popular culture and pregnancy guides, new mothers are often left to navigate these obstacles on their own. Somerstein weaves personal narrative and investigative journalism with medical, social, and cultural history to reveal the operation’s surprising evolution, from its early practice on enslaved women to its excessive promotion by modern medical practitioners. She uncovers the current-day failures of the medical system, showing how pregnant women's agency is regularly disregarded by providers who, motivated by fear of litigation or a hospital’s commitment to efficiency, make far-reaching and deeply personal decisions on behalf of their patients. She also examines what prevailing maternal and medical attitudes toward C-sections tell us about American culture. Invisible Labor lifts the veil on C-sections so that people can make choices about pregnancy and surgical birth with greater knowledge of the risks, benefits, and alternatives, with information on topics including: VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and repeat c-section Pain and pain management during childbirth How C-sections can affect family planning The valuable role of midwives and doulas in the birth experience The myths behind “natural” childbirth How limitations put on reproductive rights impact pregnant people With deep feeling and authority, Somerstein offers support to others who have had difficult or traumatic birth experiences, as well as hope for new forms of reproductive justice.

Book Cesarean Section

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jacqueline H. Wolf
  • Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Release : 2020-03-31
  • ISBN : 1421438119
  • Pages : 331 pages

Download or read book Cesarean Section written by Jacqueline H. Wolf and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on data from nineteenth- and early twentieth-century obstetric logs to better represent the experience of cesarean surgery for women of all classes and races, as well as interviews with obstetricians who have performed cesareans and women who have given birth by cesarean, Cesarean Section is the definitive history of the use of this surgical procedure and its effects on women's and children's health in the United States.

Book Textbook of Caesarean Section

Download or read book Textbook of Caesarean Section written by Eric Jauniaux and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caesarean Section has become the most common major operation in the world, and with the increasing number there are many serious and long-term healthcare implications for gynaecology, general surgery, neonatology, and epigenetics. A full perspective of the procedure and its consequences is therefore essential for practitioners, residents, and trainees alike. The Textbook of Caesarean Section is the key textbook on this subject, and is an informative and practical tool for clinicians performing this procedure in all areas of the world. The accompanying professional medical videos demonstrate in clear and expert detail the two alternative procedures for caesarean section, ensuring that readers of this book gain an in-depth understanding of the techniques involved, and supporting blended learning in postgraduate education globally. Written by a distinguished team of expert contributors, this book carefully describes current best practice for caesarean section alongside key chapters on the history of caesarean section, and other important and related issues that obstetricians must be aware of, such as anaesthesia, prevention of complications of surgery, reproduction after C-section, and perinatal outcomes. The text is extensively illustrated with colour images, and fully referenced throughout, providing all the information essential for the reader to perform the optimal caesarean delivery procedures, and diagnose and manage the short- and long-term complications associated with different methods of caesarean sections.

Book Origins

    Book Details:
  • Author : Annie Murphy Paul
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2010-09-28
  • ISBN : 0743296621
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Origins written by Annie Murphy Paul and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul presents an in-depth examination of how personalities are formed by biological, social, and emotional factors.

Book Silent Knife

Download or read book Silent Knife written by Nancy Wainer Cohen and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1983 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the risks of cesarean sections to the mother and infant and suggests methods for avoiding unnecessary cesarean births.

Book The Faceless Caesarean

Download or read book The Faceless Caesarean written by Caroline Oblasser and published by Bod. This book was released on 2009 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Faceless Caesarean - Cesarean mothers in words and photographs. Photo book, guide and a treasure trove of experiences for pregnant women, mothers and obstetricians Photographs by Gudrun Wesp; Introduction by Marsden Wagner MD, MS; Critical Comment by Gretchen Humphries, MS DVM,Advocacy Director for the International Caesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) *** This book should be read by all pregnant women as it speaks the bare truth. (Marsden Wagner MD, MS); We need to tell true stories about caesareans, so that those who come after us arent caught off guard the way so many of us were. (Gretchen Humphries, MS DVM; ICAN) * A must see and read book for all expectant women, their partners, childbirth educators, doulas, nurses, and all who care for childbearing women! Debra Pascali-Bonaro (Orgasmic Birth) * Collected experiences of 162 Caesarean mothers: Mothers with one, two, three or four Caesareans aged between 20 and 77; Comprehensive, clear and honest; Experiences after emergency, elective and planned Caesarean sections; Spontaneous birth after a iSection (VBAe; The gentle Caesarean section: Photo report of a Caesarean section using the Misgav Ladach method; Aesthetic photographs of 60 different Caesarean scars; PLUS: Caesarean surgery: Preparation, procedure, aftercare