March 2010

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Cutting Less: VBAC Navajo Style

The National Institutes of Health VBAC conference is stirring up coverage all over the internet (including our own blog carnival) and in the press.  On Sunday, the New York Times published an astounding story about cesareans and VBACs at a Navajo hospital in Arizona. As Washington debates health care, this small hospital in a dusty […]

VBAC Blog Carnival: Why is VBAC a Vital Option?

As the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) gets underway this morning, we bring you our first-ever ICAN Blog Carnival. We have invited bloggers to submit entries on the topic, “Why is VBAC a Vital Option?” and they have answered. Thanks to all the bloggers featured below […]

Rachael Ray's Dr. Ian: VBAC Should be a Woman's Choice

In case you missed it, talk show host Rachel Ray featured Joy Szabo’s fight for VBAC on her show yesterday. In a segment called “Going Too Far?” Medical Edition, Dr. Ian and Rachel discussed VBAC bans an the rights of women to choose whether or not they have a cesarean. See the video here:

Top Ten Reasons to Volunteer on the 2011 ICAN Conference Committee

By Maureen Finneran Hetrick ICAN Conference Director Have you been wondering what you can do to help ICAN?  Do you want to make a difference in the lives of women?  Consider joining the ICAN 2011 Conference Committee!  You can help make next year’s conference the best ever! Top Ten Reasons to Volunteer on the 2011 […]