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Coconut Sweet Potato Pie

This creamy dessert is full of beta carotene. The wheat-free crust provides omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.

Birth After Cesarean: A Primer for Success

Suggestions for planning a successful VBAC

Once a Cesarean, Always a Cesarean: The Sorry State of Birth Choices in America

The US cesarean rate is the highest ever. Here's why and what to do about it.

Attachment Parenting and the C-Section

It just never occurred to me that we would need anything besides each other to welcome our child into this world.

Video - My Journey to a VBAC

Watch the beautiful and empowering VBAC(vaginal birth after cesarean) of River.

Cesarean Birth in a Culture of Fear

How the medicalization of childbirth harms women and babies.

Fighting VBAC-Lash: Critiquing Current Research

A closer look at the research reveals VBACs are safer than we think.

Birthing Again: A VBAC Experience

Despite discouragement from doctors and medical advertisements, I was able to birth vaginally.

A VBAC Odyssey

My birth saga starts at around 34 weeks of pregnancy when my midwife informed me that because of her own liability she had to refer me to an OB.

VBAC victory!

Although I was never happy about the cesarean section I had in my first pregnancy, I at first accepted it and considered it a necessary precaution. However, more than a year later, regrets about my C-section surfaced for the first time.

Nonhospital VBAC and the Risk of Uterine Rupture

A discussion of nonhospital VBAC risk.

Infant Mortality, Cesarean, and VBAC Rates

1994-1995 chart comparing infant mortality rates during VBAC and cesarean in more than 20 industrialized nations.

Home Safe Home: A VBAC - My Way

A successful birth doesn't require a hospital.

Cesarean & VBAC


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