Cut, stapled, & mended : when one woman reclaimed her body and gave birth on her own terms after cesarean / Roanna Rosewood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosewood, Roanna.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rosewood, Roanna--Health.

Rosewood, Roanna.

Natural childbirth.

Vaginal birth after cesarean.

Health.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Cut, stapled, and mended

Place of Publication:

Ashland, Oregon : Confluence Books, [2013]

Summary:

"Roanna Rosewood wasn't afraid of birth. That was before her pregnancy ended in Caesarean, like one in three pregnancies do in America. On the operating table Roanna realized birth is more than the means to a baby: it's an ancient rite, one that she had just failed. Determined to birth naturally, Roanna disregards her doctor's orders for a repeat Cesarean and sets out to reclaim birth. From the obvious - writing a birth plan, exercising, and supplements - to the ridiculous - drinking frog extract and enduring the manual relocation of her liver - she goes to astonishing lengths to prepare herself for birth. But in the end, Roanna finds the secret to birth in the last place she expected. Cut, Stapled, and Mended is every woman's chance to experience natural birth from the comfort of a cozy reading chair, written by an expert - the person on the working side of the vagina."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

She Visits

Baby Dreams

Herstory

Blessing Way

My Sun

Nummie Woman

Snake Oil

A Window

The Lie

Eve's Truth

She Returns

Ring of Fire

Merbaby

Amaryllis and Dalia

Bunk Beds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781935952770

1935952773

OCLC:

828265223