January 2012

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Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Blogs We Love–Blogs We Want You to Visit

This is the last of our January anniversary posts, and we are wrapping it up with 5 blogs we would like for you to visit! My OB Said What?!?–A collection of quotes said to pregnant, birthing and breastfeeding women, this site has it all from the outrageous to extremely kind quotes (featured on “Thoughtful Thursdays”). […]

A new feature for the ICAN Blog!

Dear ICAN Blog readers, We are excited to share with you the news of our latest feature on the ICAN Blog: “Ask an Expert.”  This feature will include posts and question and answer segment by birth professionals and experts who will share with us their thoughts and experiences. Beginning January 30th, we will feature bi-monthly […]

Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Blogs We Love–International Blogs

Poder y Parto–Spanish/English language blog Cesarean Awareness Network Australia–Our sister organization in Australia Birthtimedoula–German doula’s Blog Spiritual Birth–South African Blog Healthy Mother–Blog from an author out of India And on Thursday, the last of our anniversary posts for January, we’ll wrap up with 5 Blogs we want you to visit!

Kelli's VBA2C of 11lb12oz Asher

My birth was nothing like I expected or hoped it would be (short and easy). Instead it was long and difficult, mostly because I faced a lot of emotional hurdles throughout. At first, I was disappointed by this and in myself. Then, I realized it was exactly what I needed and made a profound exclamation […]

Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Blogs We Love–Mama Bloggers

Today we’re sharing 5 “mama” blogs we love.  Check them out if you haven’t already! Birth Without Fear–A cesarean, VBA2C and UBA2C (unassisted birth after 2 cesareans) mom, January’s blog provides a wealth of information on birth and VBAC, along with many amazing and beautiful birth stories we think you’ll love reading.  She also maintains […]

Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Blogs We Love–Chapter Blogs

Today, we are featuring some of the blogs of our very own ICAN Chapters! Is your chapter on the list? ICAN of Louisville–A great place to stay in the loop for Louisville local chapter happenings and to stay on top of birth related information.  The blog writers do a great job of keeping everyone connected! […]

Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Blogs We Love–Research Blogs

There are many wonderful blogs out there, so we mean for this to be just a little taste of places to start your reading and research.  In no particular order, here are 5 of our favorite research blogs*: Stand and Deliver–Canadian writer and blogger Rixa Freeze received a master’s degree in American history from Ohio […]

Thirty Years of ICAN!

In 2012, we are celebrating ICAN’s 30 year anniversary! We are very excited and we have big plans for celebrating our anniversary this year.  We will be celebrating with theme months all year long, so stay tuned to the Blog for many exciting things to come. Starting Monday for the first month of our celebration, […]