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Give Birth a Chance: How to Prepare for an Empowered VBAC Paperback – February 20, 2018

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Don’t Talk Yourself Out of a VBAC!

Do you have a deep desire to give vaginal birth after having had a c-section (VBAC)?

If you know deep in your heart that our ancestors did quite well with natural birth and want to follow in their footsteps. . . .

If you know this path is a sacred one and you want to make it happen, but you don’t know where to begin. . . .

If you long for a vaginal birth. . . . It starts with this book!

Give Birth A Chance is like Birthing from Within meets The Matrix. It is a powerful guide to get yourself ready for an empowered birth experience whether you have had a c-section before or not. Read this book!

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Ilia Blandina CNM ARNP bestselling and award winning author of Give Birth A Chance: How to Prepare for an Empowered VBAC. Her first book was published for Amazon Kindle in December of 2016, quickly becoming an international bestseller on the first day of the book launch. Her book was featured as one of The Best Pregnancy Books of 2016 by MotherRisingBirth.com. Ilia also was a featured speaker at the ECO Baby Expo 2017. She then became the recipient of 2017 International Book Award Finalist in the Health: Women's Health category.
 
Ilia has been practicing in obstetrics since 1989. She has varied practice experience ranging from rural to urban settings, helping to open a birth center in North Carolina to bringing more natural experiences to hospital birth settings. She has attended over 5000 births in her midwifery career.
  
She is the founder of Awaken Your Life Power, Inc. (2011) a company devoted to inspiring people through their life journey and has created online communities for inspiration and educational support. She produced & hosted the Awaken Your Fertility Summit (2012). She has always been fascinated with alternative medicine and has studied herbal remedies, aromatherapy, metaphysics and Energy Psychology. Her study and certification in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Matrix Re-Imprinting led her to develop the process of Childbirth With Grace™, a program that helps women shed their fears around birth. She shares her childbirth education knowledge online at IliaBlandina.com.

Through her years in midwifery practice she has found that overcoming your fears regarding your birth journey is the most important area of childbirth education especially if you have had a cesarean section and now want to plan for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).

Both as a midwife and mother she has walked the path of her clients which has created a deep passion for her work to help women become prepared for a VBAC and to teach C-section prevention techniques.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Morgan James Publishing; 1st edition (February 20, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1683505190
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683505198
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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Ilia Blandina, CNM

EFT & Matrix Re-Imprinting Practitioner

Awaken Your Life Power, Inc.

Ilia Blandina CNM ARNP bestselling and award winning author of Give Birth A Chance: How to Prepare for an Empowered VBAC. Her first book was published for Amazon Kindle in December of 2016, quickly becoming an international bestseller on the first day of the book launch. Her book was featured as one of The Best Pregnancy Books of 2016 by MotherRisingBirth.com. Ilia also was a featured speaker at the ECO Baby Expo 2017. She then became the recipient of 2017 International Book Award Finalist in the Health: Women's Health category.

Ilia has been practicing as a professional nurse midwife since 1994. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Honors from the University of Florida in 1985. After four years of nursing practice in the pediatric ICU & neonatal ICU she transferred to the Labor & Delivery unit at Shands Hospital in Gainesville Florida and continued her studies at the University of Florida, earning her Master of Science in Nursing degree by 1994.

She has varied practice experience ranging from rural to urban settings, helping to open a birth center in North Carolina to bringing more natural experiences to hospital birth settings. She has attended over 5000 births in her midwifery career.

She has held academic appointments as Clinical Instructor at Nova Southeastern University College of Nursing, University Of Cincinnati College of Midwifery, and Frontier Nursing University College of Midwifery. In addition, she is a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), AAMET International, DONA International, ACEP and APPPAH.

She is the founder of Awaken Your Life Power, Inc. (2011) a company devoted to inspiring people through their life journey and has created online communities for inspiration and educational support. She produced & hosted the Awaken Your Fertility Summit (2012). She has always been fascinated with alternative medicine and has studied herbal remedies, aromatherapy, metaphysics and Energy Psychology. Her study and certification in Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Matrix Re-Imprinting led her to develop the process of Childbirth With Grace™, a program that helps women shed their fears around birth. She shares her childbirth education knowledge online at www.IliaBlandina.com.

Through her years in midwifery practice she has found that overcoming your fears regarding your birth journey is the most important area of childbirth education especially if you have had a cesarean section and now want to plan for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC).

Ilia has been married since 1981 to a wonderful husband and together they have been blessed with the birth of 4 boys, 2 vaginal births in a hospital that started out in a birth center, 1 cesarean section and 1 VBAC at home! Both as a midwife and mother she has walked the path of her clients which has created a deep passion for her work to help women become prepared for a VBAC and to teach C-section prevention techniques.

Website: www.iliablandina.com 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST Read for All. If You Are Considering Becoming Pregnant, Are Current Parents and Even Grandparents
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
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"Give Birth A Chance is a MUST read for all who are considering becoming pregnant as well as parents considering adding to their family and I would like to add, future grandparents.

Though I had my babies in the '70's I learned some valuable information which I will share with my clients, family and friends and definitely encourage them to read Give Birth A Chance, by Ilia Blandina.

Personally, I loved being pregnant and for me the deliveries were like having bad cramps. As I was reading, memories did return of how our doctor had us sign papers to release him and the hospital from all liabilities because I refused all drugs. My first pregnancy was during the return of 'natural' childbirth and the Lamaze breathing technique.

A couple years later we chose to have our baby at home. Again, as Ilia describes in her book, the best laid birth plan doesn't necessarily work out as planned. I intuitively listened to my body and knew I had to head to the hospital. Fortunately we were able to still deliver our baby using the Laboyer Method. No drugs and the atmosphere was calming, dimmed lights and warm.

I feel our experience was positive even though it was in the hospital because I was able to research doctors and our new doctor was a gem. He was very willing to allow our baby to arrive in his own time.

I do get upset reading about the increase in C-sections being performed mainly for convenience and not caring for the parents and the baby's experience and not understanding how this experience will effect both as the child grows into an adult.

Ilia is an expert in her field. If you have questions and or fears I highly recommend her as your go to expert to get your questions answered and calm the fears.

You are VERY fortunate to have this great resource at your figure tips.

Embrace your birth journey, do your due-diligence and ultimately trust and listen to your body.
~ Sandy Concar, Intuitive and Integrative Health, [...]
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Netty Net
5.0 out of 5 stars VBAC anyone?
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2022
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This was a great reference book. I never heard of EFT I want to look more into it. I enjoyed reading the techniques that can be used to empower a woman to have a vaginal birth after a c-section. I always intuitively knew our bodies were made for this. Unless a medical emergency then a C-section should happen if that’s the safest option. To just read the increase in C-sections and it being a major surgery. I have spoke to close friends who tell me the recovery is horrible. I know it’s overall a lot of stress on the body. I know many who want a vaginal birth after C-Sections this would have been a great book to help them trust their body and learn the statistics. If your body has never been through natural labor it will take the body longer to adjust. It is truly about trust and patience’s thank you Ilia for this amazing work of wisdom.
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Jos’e Feyjo
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book for our times!
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2016
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An extraordinary affirmation for humanity! A milestone in the the enormity of becoming a parent, in the ambiguity that we refer to as the "Modern Era". A term so contradictory in what it means to be human in a world that increasingly so hostile to the most fragile of human life...dare I use the example of today, in "Aleppo"...but I digress. This book is a book for our times. Reminding us of so many fundamental traditions in all cultures that history bares witness to the resilience, that is "Motherhood". The single most important "Being" in all that it means to be a human. Illustrating in very meaningful ways, what the "Medical Industry" has endeavored to manipulate and disenfranchise, in the process of "Modern Medicine", for expedience and profit. While endorsing and supporting the inclusion of the essential role of the physician. Empowering confidence, knowledge and courage to follow the "Natural Resources" inherent in all woman. A book for men & woman alike, nurturing and knowledge for the sacred beauty and blessings an infant brings into a family and the community. Strongly recommend this book, it will open your mind and heart in what is the essential "Human Condition".
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Garilia
5.0 out of 5 stars For expectant parents, mothers and fathers
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2016
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Full disclosure: I am Ilia's husband, and the father of all four of her sons. Our sons. To say that this book was a labor of love for Ilia, is not really accurate. It was a driving passion of hers to get this information into the hands of as many pregnant, or planning to be pregnant, women as possible.

Even though I am not really a part of her intended audience, I am a part of her story, and I share her desire to have as many people get in touch with their bodies, and have information that can make people feel confident in the natural function of their body.

I think the book is highly readable, yet it blends spirituality and science seamlessly. I have always felt that the most spiritual moments in my life were being there for the birth of our four sons.

I highly recommend this book for everyone, including expectant dads. It is chock full of insight to the wonderful gift of childbirth.
~ Gary Blandina, Autism Coach, Special Education Teacher

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5.0 out of 5 stars Ilia Blandina offers all women a chance to better know their bodies and become well informed about the ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017
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Give Birth a Chance is a must read for anyone who wants an empowered birth. Although targeting women who want a VBAC birth, Ilia Blandina offers all women a chance to better know their bodies and become well informed about the birthing process. I love that she is not only a Certified Nurse Midwife and knows the "system" so well, but she has also had four births of her own and speaks from her heart. Her experience and knowledge on the topic are solid. In this day and age where it seems like doctors rely healvily on c-sections, this book encourages you to create and plan for the "dream birth" you would like to have and gives you the necessary information to create it.
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Susan Ahmadi
5.0 out of 5 stars Really recommended
Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2020
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It's a good read for all the mothers who want VBAC (Vaginal birth after c-section). Blandina give ideas how to use non-standard approaches to achieve the VBAC goal including how to use EFT.
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