Midwifery Today Issue 57 The heart and science of birth

Spring 2001

Theme: Cesarean Prevention VBAC
“A VBAC Primer: Technical Issues for Midwives” by Heidi Rinehart, MD, gives the basics of C-sections and VBACs, including types of incisions, types of closures, risks and contraindications for VBAC. It also includes a sample informed consent form and a list of references. In “Choosing Cesarean Section” Marsden Wagner, MD tells us that the risk/benefit factors of C-sections depend on the reason for doing them: “Where the baby is not in trouble, the risks to the baby still exist, meaning that the woman who chooses CS puts her baby in unnecessary danger.” And that’s just the beginning! Midwifery Today Issue 57 has more articles on this important topic.

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A Butcher’s Dozen—Nancy Wainer
A VBAC Primer: Technical Issues for Midwives—Heidi Rinehart
Suturing a Cesarean Wound—Gretchen Humphries
Letter to the Editor of Newsweek Magazine Re: The Cesarean Birth Article—Suzanne Arms
Choosing Caesarean Section—Marsden Wagner
7 Steps toward Cesarean Prevention—Judy Edmunds
Midwifery Care for the VBAC Woman—Gloria Lemay
Q & A: VBAC, Two Types of Pelvises—Gloria Lemay
Cesarean Birth: What about the Baby?—Robin Lim
VBAC: Trust, Respect and Humility—Anita Woods
Cruci/Section: My Baby Was Cut Out with a Knife—Leilah McCracken
Cut—Leilah McCracken
Optimal Fetal Positioning: Making a Great Turn Around—Laine Holman
Homeopathic Medicine for the Postpartum Period—Piper Martin
Midwives and Cytotec: A True Story—Marsden Wagner
Thank You, Germaine Greer: A Midwife Comments on Greer’s Bestseller, The Whole Woman—Karen Robb
The Making of a Grandmother—Patricia Harrelson