Wanted: Your Voice.

I saw this on one of the mailing lists to which I subscribe and thought it might be of interest to some of our readers. I took the liberty of modifying it for this forum (rather than an email group).

My name is Jennifer Block. I’m a journalist currently working on a nonfiction book about U.S. maternity care, including the rising cesarean rate and the widespread denial of VBAC. My goal is to document how this climate is impacting women and families in all ways. You can help just by getting in touch–you can email me at writingblogck@gmail.com. I’m especially interested in hearing from women who…

  • were coerced into a cesarean
  • had a traumatic cesarean
  • have/had PTSD or other psych problems following a cesarean
  • have/had physical complications following a cesarean
  • want to have a VBAC but can’t find a hospital/provider
  • VBAC women who arrived at the hospital pushing (or any other strategies to achieve a VBAC in a hostile hospital)
  • VBAC women who had a repeat cesarean they did not consent to
  • women who’ve had to travel to access a VBAC provider
  • women who’ve had to hire midwives to travel to them from far away for a VBAC (or breech, twins, etc.)
  • midwives who travel to women wanting VBACs
  • women who’ve decided to go unassisted to achieve VBAC
  • women who’ve opened up their homes to other women seeking VBAC

If you write, please let me know your location, the year of the cesarean and/or VBAC, and a phone number where I can reach you.

My deepest thanks,
Jennifer

October 28, 2006 | Filed Under Cesarean Birth, VBAC 

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