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Cesarean & VBAC Resources

National Support

International Cesarean Awareness Network
The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization founded by Esther Booth Zorn in 1982. ICAN's mission is to improve maternal-child health by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
www.ican-online.org/

VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
This website provides childbearing women and maternity care professionals access to research-based information, resources, continuing education and support for VBAC* (vaginal birth after cesarean)..
www.vbac.com/

Online Resources

http://www.ican-online.org/

http://www.childbirth.org/section/VBACindex.html

http://www.mothering.com/articles/pregnancy_birth/cesarean_vbac/cesarean_vbac.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vbac/VB99999

 

Print Resources

Diana Korte and Roberta Scaer: Good Birth, Safe Birth

Nancy Wainer Cohen and Lois J. Estner: Silent Knife; Open Season

Bruce Flamm: Birth After Cesarean