The first, which has quite a bit of midwife technique in it is The Labor Progress Handbook: Early Interventions to Prevent and Treat Dystocia. It details different stages of labor and what can possible be the cause of slow progress in that stage. This is really more for that mother that is looking for more than the normal natural birth books offer. It is not for a mother who wants a casual read with lots of stories. This doesn't have any stories in it.
The second book is Artemis Speaks: V.B.A.C. Stories & Natural Childbirth Information. This book was recommended by my midwife's partner and while it is a little out of day (written in 1983) it is full of super information about natural birth, VBACs, and tons of VBAC stories (both in the hospital and at home). She is a real feminist so there is a couple of chapters that make me uncomfortable and some wording used that I would not use but overall it is a good read.
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