The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth

The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth
by Maureen Connolly, Dana Sullivan

The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth
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Author: Dana Sullivan, Maureen Connolly
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-08
ISBN: 0767916077
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Amazing -- Wish I'd Read it Before My First
Summary: 5 Stars

I had a very difficult time with my first c-section. I had a difficult labor and then felt very down about not being able to give birth naturally. My recovery wasn't the best, and while I absolutely LOVED (and still love :) being a mom, those first few months were very hard physically and emotionally.

I am going to give birth again soon, and wanted things to be different this time! I'm required to have another c-section, and purchased this book to help me understand the process and healing.

It's incredibly well-written. The women who penned the book know what it's like to have c-sections. It was amazing to read about their experiences as well as to have the facts of a c-section right in front of me.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who:

- Is concerned they might end up with a c-section
- Is about to give birth for the first time after a c-section
- Is having trouble coming to terms with a c-section they've had
- Is preparing for a repeat section
- ... really, anyone who is about to give birth!

Summary of The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth

The rate of c-section births has risen dramatically in the United States, accounting for more than twenty-four percent of deliveries in 2001. Yet there is no up-to-date book on the market dedicated to undergoing and recovering from the most commonly performed surgery in the U.S. Now two veteran journalists in health, parenting, and fitness have teamed up to create a candid and carefully researched guide for the nearly one million mothers facing or recovering from a cesarean.

Covering both the physical and emotional aspects of this surgery, The Essential C-Section Guide offers frank discussions of the special circumstances a C-section delivery presents. Readers will discover a host of important facts, ranging from the effects of a C-section on future deliveries to the risks of anesthesia. The authors also share comforting wisdom about the feelings of inadequacy a C-section can cause and tips on caring for an infant while healing from this major procedure. The latest recommendations regarding exercise, pain, and nursing are addressed in-depth as well.

Written by authors who have firsthand knowledge of C-section delivery, The Essential C-Section Guide provides thorough answers to the many overwhelming questions associated with cesareans. Informative and supportive, this is reassuring reading for every expectant mother.

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