While childbirth is indeed a miraculous process and a beautiful life-changing event, it can sometimes also be emotionally challenging and traumatic for some fathers. Studies have found that some fathers find themselves unprepared for potential complications during...
We are happy to announce the release of Module 12: Planning a Home VBAC, (HBAC), the latest addition to our free, comprehensive parent education series on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). While mothers who labor at home have the highest rate of VBAC, evidence...
Discover how Module 9 of the VBAC Education Project helps parents heal from a traumatic cesarean birth and confidently plan a VBAC. Gain insights on postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and supporting fathers/partners. Download for free from vbac.com.
Thais Nye Derich' book is a beautifully written, restorative journey of self-discovery, empowerment, and spiritual growth. It is also a testament to a maternity care system that has inadvertently failed many women. Managing the natural process of childbirth with...
Women’s emotional reactions and adjustment to cesarean birth vary widely. Although some women recover fairly quickly and accept the surgical birth as a necessary step to a healthy baby and to becoming a mother, others experience various degrees of sadness,...
In honor of the International Day of the Midwife 2016, let’s celebrate the excellent and compassionate care they provide to mothers and babies. Compared with physicians caring for similar healthy women, professional midwives offer women more prenatal visits and spend...
Some mothers recover quickly after a cesarean. They resolve and integrate their birth experience as one step towards becoming a mother. Some mothers who have had an unexpected cesarean after a long and painful labor may experience disappointment, loss, sadness, grief,...