Ellen's Birth Story
My body is riddled with scars. I have a scar on my forehead, a scar on my chin where an object pierced all the way through my lip. I have scars on my abdomen from a surgery I had when I was seventeen and scar tissue built up in my ears and sinuses from the […]
Shannon's Birth Story
Shannon had a vaginal birth followed by a preterm special scar cesarean due to a sacrococcygeal teratoma. Let me start off with an introduction! My name is Shannon, and I am mom to Addisyn, now 37 months and Evalee, 21 months and wife to Matthew. My birth with Addisyn was uneducated to say the very […]
Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Crafts–Uterus Pillow
Do you want to make a friend smile like this? Yes, you too can make your own uterus pillow. Supplies needed: · Needle and thread or sewing machine with needle and thread · Fabric (1/4 yd) the one pictured is flannel, but you can use felt, cotton or whatever scraps you may have · Pillow […]
Rowen's birth stories–low transverse incision that tore to the cervix & HBASSC
Q’s Birth Story At approximately 2am on November 6, 2008 I started to get back pain that woke me up. I was uncomfortable lying in bed so I went to the couch to try and get back to sleep. The couch was more comfortable because I could sit slightly upright, so I stayed there until […]
Amy's Birth Story–Inverted T cesarean for face presentation & out of hospital VBASSC
Reprinted with permission from Doula Momma Graham’s c/s birth Thursday April 3, at 41 weeks and 1 day pregnant, I woke up having mild contractions at about 5am. They were inconsistent and hard to time so I went about my day. They became a bit more regular and by noon they were 8-10 minutes apart. […]
