Article contd. Giving birth is an innate performance. A primal aptitude buried deep inside every woman.
Research Review
The performance of VBAC at Home redefines risk. Risk is not measured as a possible scar rupture but as avoiding another assisted birth and future mental trauma associated to this experience.
A narrative analysis of women’s experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) in Australia using critical feminist theory.
The performance of VBAC at Home promotes independence. INDEPENDENCE in the choices the performer makes about her birth. INDEPENDENCE from hospital’s policies. INDEPENDENCE from unnecessary medical intervention. The performance of VBAC at Home respects the culture of birth and the art of midwifery. The performance of VBAC at Home is an act of activism. Sarah Le Quang Sang discusses her Manifesto on her website, www.areyoulisteningtome.com Photo of Sarah Le Quang Sang courtesy of Tom Elkins1 _________ 1. www.threepractices.com ~~~
Hazel Keedle,Virginia Schmied, Elaine Burns and Hannah Grace Dahlen in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2019) 19:142 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035957
by Gemma McKenzie
What is this study about? This is a study about women’s experiences of planning a vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC) in Australia. The paper reports on the second phase of a three-phase study. In this phase, the researchers explored women’s experiences, thoughts and feelings after antenatal appointments and after the birth.
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