Welcome to The Essential C-Section Guide website.

If you’re on this site, you likely fall into one of the following four categories:

1. You have just had a Cesarean and are wondering what's in store for your physical and/or emotional recovery.
2. You recently learned that you're going to deliver your baby via Cesarean and you have a few days, weeks, or months to educate yourself about what's ahead.
3. You have had at least one Cesarean birth, are pregnant again, and want to be better prepared for the experience in case you have a repeat.
4. You’re pregnant and just want to be sure you have your bases covered. With the recent news about the rising rates of birth by Cesarean in the U.S., you want to know what to expect—just in case.

Whichever best describes you, The Essential C-Section Guide will help.

We wrote this book because we wanted to provide women with the information that we wish we'd had when we delivered our babies by Cesarean—five of them between us—just a few years ago. If a Cesarean birth is in your future, you undoubtedly have questions:

• How much pain should I be prepared for?
• Are babies delivered by c-section at higher risk for health problems?
• Will I be able to breastfeed?
• Will a Cesarean surgery affect my sex life?

Afterward you may wonder:

• How can I relieve this horrible gas pain?
• When can I start exercising?
• Will my stomach ever be flat again?
• Why do I feel like a failure?

We have the answers.