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 […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending November 29
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 VBAC Facts – Finding VBAC Statistics for Your Hospital and State: Jen responds to one reader with tips […]
Guest Blog – Henci Goer: Does Elective Cesarean Surgery Improve Newborn Outcomes in Ultra-Low-Risk First-Time Moms?
Bringing ICAN’s 25-year-plus tradition of support and education in the mother-to-mother and sister-to-sister model into the internet age, we have invited passionate bloggers to join us around our virtual circle of women. We hope to introduce you to new voices that you have not heard before, and also to respected voices that will already be […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending November 22
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 – Victorious Birth After Previous Cesarean: Photos and story from a VBAC of a 11 pound, […]
Mother-Sized Activism: The Story of Myshell & Hannibal
by Krista Cornish-Scott Sarah (our regular blogger) found this link the other day, and I was drawn into the story immediately, not least because of the fabulous pictures which seemed to so perfectly capture the souls of this family. As I read further I found myself shaking my head at the all-too-common story of the […]
Interview with Lindsey Meehleis: My Journey to VBAC
Many in the blogosphere are familiar with Lindsay Meehelis’ beautiful video about her VBAC journey. Lindsey recently sent her video to ICAN saying, “I am a HUGE supporter of ICAN and believe that it was a great resource for helping me achieve my VBAC that I recently had. I have made a video about my […]
Unplanned VBAC assisted by two-year-old
ACOG may want to revise its VBAC guidelines after reading this heartwarming story of a mother who, despite being scheduled for her fourth c-section gave birth safely at home with the help of her toddler. No surgeon or anesthesiologist were in sight. The 2-year-old was calm. “I laid on the couch and he went and […]
Two maternity "gurus" on cesareans and "fairytale births"
Recent interviews with Sheila Kitzinger and Ina May Gaskin have raised interesting points about mother’s expectations for birth and birth outcomes. As quoted in the Telegraph, Sheila Kitzinger, the pioneer of the natural birth movement, says heavy marketing of a “perfect birth” has left countless women feeling like failures when their own experiences fall short […]
Wrapping up 2009: What can ICAN do for you?
A letter from ICAN President Desirre Andrews: As we approach the end of year, I want to invite you to become more involved with ICAN and help support our mission. We recently launched our new “What is ICAN?” video, made by one of our chapter leaders in Connecticut. You can view it here. This is […]
