The Cesarean Birth Method |
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| Authors: | BONNIE DONOVAN RUTH M. ALLEN RNC |
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| Affiliation: | Bonnie Donovan attended C.W. Post College in Greenvale, New York, and is an associate member of NAACOG and a member of ICEA. She is the author of The Cesarean Birth Experience: A Practical, Comprehensive and Reassuring Guide for Parents and Professionals (Boston, Beacon Press, 1977). Ms. Donovan was recently appointed Massachusetts State Coordinator for ICEA, and is on the board of advisors for the Ceasarean Support Group (Vermont). She now teaches ceasarean classes at the Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Massachusetts.;Ruth Allen is a British-trained nurse-midwife, educated at St. Thomas Hospital, London, England, and the Royal Children's Hospital at Manchester. A member of NAACOG and ICEA, she is Head Nurse in Labor and Delivery at South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, where she also serves as the Cesarean Childbirth Educator. |
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| Abstract: | As the incidence of cesarean deliveries has increased, so, too, has professional concern for the psychological well-being of cesarean families. The authors of the following article have pioneered the country's first method for prepared cesarean childbirth, called the Cesarean Birth Method, a comprehensive approach for enhancing the childbirth experiences of cesarean families. In this article they discuss the philosophy of their work and present the details of their method, which consists of two approaches, one that anticipates, in prenatal care and education, the possibility of emergency cesarean births, and one of classes designed specifically for elective and repeat cesarean births. For both approaches, the method includes guidelines for intrapartum and postpartum nursing support. |
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