Video: C-section vs VBAC: A Dramatic Difference

This 16 minute video is graphic, poignant, and really makes its point.
You will see live surgery and live birth. All the babies are healthy, so don't worry about that, but I think it does a good job showing why caring so much about this topic makes sense.

What I find interesting is that this couple didn't have an agenda about being against c-section. They were very mainstream and compliant. But sometime after their second child, the tide turned and made them demand something more gentle.

http://vimeo.com/5648654

The video will mean different things to different people. I cried when the Dad had to unwrap the bond around the Mom's hand so that she could backwards pet her baby right after birth. I remember my intense desire and expectation to hold my baby immediately, but I just got that kiss and fingertip pet. I felt so shocked and alone that I couldn't hold him and mother him right away, and had to just listen to him cry as they worked on him across the room where I couldn't even see. Maybe that shouldn't matter, but for many Moms, it makes a huge impression.

The letter at the end could have been written by any one of us.

Shari

Article / Newsweek: "A Change of Delivery"

Great new article in Newsweek about the pros of VBAC.
I really think the tide will be changing, however slowly.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/235317