Mandy's Birth Story
Sorrow endureth for a night; but joy cometh in the morning. -Psalms 30:5 My life as a mother began on February 16, 2007, with the birth of my sweet Kate. I was induced with pre-eclampsia two days before my due date. Long story short, I ended up being completely dilated and after pushing, she never […]
Bronwyn's Birth Story
Lenore Calais February 22, 2011 12:42 pm 8 lbs 1 oz 20.5″ I’m the sort of person who recognizes patterns. I don’t have to try. I simply see them. My children are slowly teaching me that it’s okay to break them. I noticed several similarities between my first two pregnancies and births. Both children were […]
Rebekah's Birth Story
I wish I hadn’t had the optional ultrasound at 20 weeks. Our midwife had given us the choice and we decided to find out if we were expecting a girl or a boy. Late in the afternoon a week later she called to tell me that there were some anomalies and that she was faxing […]
Celebrating 30 Years of ICAN: 30 Crafts–Uterus Pinata
Ok, I am going to confess something…I actually have no idea how to make this. But is this not full of the awesome? Even though the first time I saw it was on regretsy, and well, let’s just say the comments don’t fully appreciate all of the places where a uterus pinata would be met […]
The Accuracy of Operative Reports
The Accuracy of Operative Reports by Jessica Tiderman “Why did my OB tell me that I had a classical incision but my operative report says that I have a low transverse?” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this, I wouldn’t be rich, but I probably could take my family out to […]
VBASSC–What Does it Take?
What Does It Take? by Katie Grennan Perez When planning my VBA3C (with inverted T), I knew there was a huge road with lots of obstacles and mountains ahead. I began with research, reading everything I could. I wanted to know what people did who had successful VBACs, knowing I would need to do everything […]
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. […]
ICAN Conference 2013
If you’ve ever thoughts about volunteering to help ICAN at the national level, but you weren’t sure when, the time is now! We are currently looking for volunteers for the ICAN 2013 Conference Committee. Whether you had the time of your life at the 2011 conference, or if you’ve never attended a conference before, we […]
