Mothers are often disappointed when they give birth in a hospital that offers none of the options they may have read about on the internet or learned in their childbirth classes. Some are literally traumatized by the care they received. At Cedars-Sinai Medical...
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What Are People Saying About the VBAC Education Project?
The VBAC Education Project (VEP), endorsed by the International Childbirth Education Association and the International Cesarean Awareness Network, was developed to empower women to make their own decisions about how they want to give birth after a cesarean and to...
Birth Professionals Are Eager to Increase Awareness About VBAC
Maternity care professionals have many suggestions for increasing awareness about the safety of VBAC and supporting mothers who want to labor after a prior cesarean. They only need an opportunity to make that happen. On Saturday, September 19, I had the honor of...
The Launch of the VBAC Education Project, A Teaching Tool for Parents & Birth Professionals
Dear Friends & Colleagues, We are excited to announce that The VBAC Education Project is now available to download online at no cost from https://www.vbac.com/the-vbac-education-project/ The evidence-based, collaborative, teaching tool endorsed by the...
In Honor of Cesarean Awareness Month: Introducing The VBAC Education Project
VBAC was deemed a reasonable and safe option to a routine repeat cesarean by the National Institutes of Health decades ago (1981). But, in recent years, misinformation about its safety and lack of clear national practice guidelines have succeeded in virtually...