Birth After Caesarean: Your Journey to a better birth by Hazel Keedle

In this book Hazel Keedle explores the research around repeat caesarean and vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC)

Have you had a caesarean and are unsure of what your options are for your next birth? Do you want to have a vaginal birth but have been told “once a caesarean, always a caesarean”? Are you a birth worker and want to support women in their next birth after caesarean choices? This book is for you.

• Hazel introduces and explains the importance of the four factors to having a better birth.
• Using research from her PhD, Hazel gives practical advice for women and their support people on planning for a better birth.
• The book also includes birth stories from 15 women across the globe, from Australia to Europe and the USA. Their stories are varied and deeply personal and all planned for a better birth after caesarean. 
• Hazel Keedle is a Lecturer of Midwifery and completed her PhD in 2021 at Western Sydney University, Australia. Hazel has more than 25 years of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator and researcher. 

Birthing people planning for a VBAC or HBAC and their support people
Birth workers wanting to learn more about birth after Caesarean