Lauren's Worst Day
The day my eldest son was born was the worst day of my life. I know what you’re thinking…how can you say that? But it has nothing to do with my love for him and everything to do with the way that he was brought into this world. I know they say that birthing a […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – August 9-22
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. It’s summer and we’re a little slow around the blog lately…but there’s been plenty of good reading in […]
The Birth of Forest
Ingrid sent in her beautiful home birth story to share… Ocean, my three year old son, and I came home Friday night from a fun evening of hanging out with Ocean’s cousins, Emma and Andrew. We had all gone out for pizza and to the duck pond. I had felt pretty darn tired while we […]
Mother-sized Activism at Work in Iowa
Have you contacted your local hospitals and OB providers yet to ask about their practices in light of ACOG’s new VBAC recommendations? Stephanie Windgardner in Sioux City, Iowa has. She shares: My [OB] office previously stated the ACOG guidelines as why I could not try for a VBAC with my next child. Since the guidelines […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending August 8th
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. How is it possible the summer is flying by so fast??? The National Advocates of Pregnant Women posted […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending August 1st
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. Birthing Beautiful Ideas is on a roll, with another great post this week, this time on the pros […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending July 25th
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. Of course, the birth blogs lit up this week with news of new VBAC guidelines. Birthing Beautiful Ideas […]
Mother-Sized Activism: Bring Back VBAC
While ACOG’s new Practice Bulletin with VBAC guidelines is a step in the right direction, there is still a lot of work to be done to reverse the over decade long trend of rising cesarean rates and declining VBAC support. Here are some things you can do to help facilitate change. Contact facilities and care […]
ICANers in the News About VBAC
As news about the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ACOG) revised VBAC guidelines garner attention from press outlets like the New York Times, ICAN leaders are being sought for comment. ICAN President Desirre Andrews was quoted in WebMD Health News: The new guidelines got a favorable response from the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN). […]
ICAN Responds to New ACOG Guidelines on VBAC
For Immediate Release Vaginal Birth After Cesarean is a Safe and Reasonable Option for Most Women Redondo Beach, CA, July 21, 2010 – The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released updated Practice Guidelines for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) today. ACOG states that VBAC is a safe and reasonable option for most women, […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending July 11th
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. The blogosphere lit up this week with reaction and analysis of the much-hyped American Journal of Obstetrics and […]
Increased risk of home birth is "pure fiction"
The Big Push for Midwives released a statement today in response to publicity surrounding a forthcoming article in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology that claims to show home birth is unsafe. From the press release: As New York and Massachusetts moved to pass pro-midwife bills in the final weeks of their legislative sessions, […]
