Books/reading recommendations for C Section and recovery

[freelancegirl]

Hi there,

I'm by no means definite for a ELCS but it is looking increasingly likely due to various reasons. To be honest I don't really mind - I just want to get the baby out as safely as possible and I will do what is advised by my consultant.

I've been reading around vaginal birth - hypnobirthing, Ina May Gaskin and a handful of others but now want to read up on CS just in case that is indeed the route I have to go down. I have read on mn people swearing by a great book but I can't remember what is was!

Have just put 'Strategies for the C-Section Mom: A Complete Fitness, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Guide' into my Amazon basket as, as a pre-pregnancy gym fan, I like the idea of focusing on recovery and fitness afterwards, but is there anything else I should be adding to this?

Caesarean Birth: A Positive Approach to Preparation and Recovery by Leigh East has been recommended by a few ladies on here.

That's the one I was looking for I think, thanks! Will invest in both of these and see how I get on. I just like reading up on these things, am only 34 weeks so there might be a chance things change but the consultant says it is looking doubtful.

If I may, as co-author of the book, also suggest the new title "Choosing Cesarean, A Natural Birth Plan".
It includes tips on preparing for and recovering from a planned c-section, plus birth stories, a whole chapter on risks, and a chapter on what happens on the day of surgery, minute by minute.
With best wishes for your birth, whatever you and your consultant decide.

Wow - that sounds great! You may indeed. I will check it out. And well done for the book writing. I am actually a writer/journo too so duly impressed.

the best read is women who have actually been through it ..try all the threads on here and babycentre..helped my make up my mind

Thanks Billy I have been reading everything I find online avidly. I am on the autoimmune threads on BC for recurrent miscarriage but good thinking about the finding ones on CS too.

I second the Leigh East one (Caesarean Birth: A Positive Approach to Preparation and Recovery), have been recommending it everywhere and to everyone! Very impressed with it.

I would recommend reading both Caesarean Birth; a positive approach by Leigh East and Pauline Hull/Dr Magnus Murphy's book called 'Choosing Caesarean A natural Birth Plan'.

They are both on Amazon, I have read both of them and they are both excellent and well researched.