Someone recently contacted me because they were asked to speak about VBAC vs. repeat cesarean. Below is what I wrote. If you have the opportunity to speak to a group, maybe you would find this information helpful. It is by no means comprehensive. The class I developed is 4 hours long. But this is a good place to start especially if you only have 30-60 minutes to speak.
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Hi T!
I’ll give you a list of links, some of which are formatted as a PDF to print as handouts. If you don’t want to give so many handouts, you can make one handout that has the links to the various PDFs so people can read or print as needed. For articles that I haven’t formatted as PDFs, you can print them using the button that looks like a printer at the bottom of each article under the words “Share & enjoy.”
How much time do you have to speak? My classes were a solid four hours. There is so much information! The hard part is distilling it down.
All the big points, in my opinion, are covered in the Quick Facts. Here is the link and PDF.
Women might be interested to hear why other women think VBAC is important, here is the link and the PDF. I created that piece and distributed it at the March 2010 National Institutes of Health VBAC Conference. I left a huge stack on a table of handouts and they were all gone in a couple hours.
Covering the risks of cesareans is a must. Here’s a link and a PDF.
Many women are nervous about planning a VBAC so that is an important topic.
It’s important to be able to decipher truth from misinformation: Another VBAC Consult Misinforms.
More on informed consent and scare tactics: Response to OB Scare Tactics.
Why VBAC bans are irrational.
More on VBAC bans from two OBs and from one CNM.
It’s also important to point out that the latest ACOG recommendations are more supportive of VBAC than previous recommendations.
And the National Institutes of Health’s VBAC Statement is a MUST READ as well. I would also provide them with a link to the abstracts pdf which gives a brief summary of each lecture presented at the NIH VBAC Conference in March 2010.
If people want a list of studies about cesareans and VBAC, check out my bibliography.
You can also buy some Quick Facts cards to distribute.
Best of luck! Let me know how it goes!!!
Warmly,
Jen
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