research on VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarian).
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-06-29-vbac_x.htm
Rubin, Rita. "Study backs natural birth after C-section." USA TODAY 6/29/2006, Print
This article discusses a study done on women with previous C-sections. It ultimately concluded that women who had multiple cesarian sections were almost just as likely to have the commonly feared uterine tear or rupture.
"I think most practitioners have with time shied away from offering VBAC to women with multiple prior cesareans because of a perceived risk of uterine rupture."
"VBAC with Uterine Rupture - Our Story." sitearts (2000): n. pag. Web. 4 Apr 2011. <http://www.sitearts.com/rupture/>.
This is a personal story of a woman who attempted a VBAC and harmed her child and ruptured her cervix all the way down to her vagina.
"Vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC) rate." Northwastern Memorial Hospital (1010): n. pag. Web. 4 Apr 2011. <http://www.nmh.org/nm/quality+vaginal+birth+after+cesarean+rate>.
This article discusses and defines a vbac. It talks about the rate of how many women participate in a vaginal birth who had previously had a cesarian section. The national average is 9.07.
Sarah,
ReplyDeleteIn your project you decided to research about the risks of VBACs and a mother doing a C-Section every time she gives birth. You used a lot of statistics to back up your main idea and successfully informed the reader (me) on what the risks are of a VBAC and “once a C-Section, always a C-Section”.
I liked that you focused on something that is extremely controversial which drew me in when I started reading your blog post. I also liked that you used many statistical evidence to argue the risks and advantages of both VBACs and C-Section-every-time deliveries. Your project is important to me because it informed me on subjects I had little prior knowledge about. Now I will be able to argue with “educated” folk about which is more dangerous.
To make your project better, I would make it clearer as to what VBAC stands for. You mentioned it in the post, but I don’t think it was clear enough. I knew what it meant because I read Tina Cassidy’s “Birth” but the common people might be confused or lost and as what the common people do when they are confused, they stop. You don’t want your reader to stop reading your paper or read your entire paper while confused.
All in all, a good post. An advice for the next project you do; try and do something experiential so you feel as if you are physically active with your project instead of just doing it for a class grade.