Choosing cesarean
Subtitle: the natural birth plan
By: by Magnus Murphy and Pauline McDonagh Hull
Contributors: Hull, Pauline McDonagh, 1973-
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781616145118
Subjects: Cesarean Section
Description: While not promoting planned cesarean delivery as the best or safest option for all women, obstetrician and gynecologist, Murphy, and journalist and campaigner, Hull, make a convincing case that surgery is a legitimate decision for informed women to make.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A cut above the rest : my own informed decision / by Pauline M. Hull; title: How one cesarean shaped a life's work / by M. Murphy; title: The safest birth choice for your baby : planned cesarean; title: Birth satisfaction : cesarean ranks highest; title: Doctors who support cesarean choice; title: Protecting your pelvic floor; title: Lives destroyed by vaginal birth; title: Worldwide cesarean rates, attitudes, and experience; title: The politics of birth; title: Before they say it : we answer our critics; title: Cesareans cost less than you think; title: Cesarean for sex : the ultimate birth taboo?; title: The risks of planning a cesarean; title: The day of surgery : what happens, step-by-step; title: Tips on preparing for and recovering from a cesarean; title: Cesarean birth stories; title: Informed choice : necessary, complex, and challenging; title: The evolution of natural birth and the future of cesarean birth.