Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending December 6th
Your weekly one-stop for highlights from the birth blogosphere. Visit weekly for the latest on childbirth, especially related to cesarean prevention, recovery, and VBAC. To nominate a blog post to be featured here, email me at blog@ican-online.org Patti Ramos – Detached: Perhaps the most heart-wrenching and amazing photo of the cesarean experience I’ve seen to-date. […]
Cesarean emotions in your own words
Those who attended the ICAN conference last April might remember the stunning black and white photographic image at the silent auction table. It was a very challenging image and generated a lot of conversation. Such stark representations of inner emotions can be important points of catharsis in our healing journey. Jennifer McNichols is a cesarean […]
Had a cesarean? No maternity coverage for you in CO
The Colorado Independent has published an article chronicling one reporter’s quest to find non-employer-based maternity coverage in Colorado. In advance of a bill in the state legislature that would require Colorado’s insurance companies to cover maternity, The Colorado Independent searched for non-employer-based maternity health insurance. How did it go? It was unbelievably frustrating. Posing as […]
Online Support Meeting – "Dealing with the Family"
Join the women of ICAN in a live online support meeting. The topic of this meeting is “Dealing with the Family” How do you talk to your family about your birth plans? Should you talk to them about it at all? How do you respond when family tell you “at least you have a healthy […]
