Giving Birth After A Cesarean: It’s Your Decision
Care providers have an obligation to share information with you about your care. To present the risks and benefits of planning a VBAC or choosing a routine repeat cesarean. When you have received all the information you need to feel confident to make a decision, the choice is yours. No provider should frighten or coerce […]
Is your care provider VBAC-friendly? Here’s how to tell.
With the rate of cesarean births in the United States holding at a little over one in three, many women face an important decision when having subsequent children: plan a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) or schedule a repeat C-section? Since 2010, the guidelines issued by the American Congress of Ob/Gyns (ACOG) assert that a VBAC is […]
You are not alone. ICAN support is for all women.
Are you having a hard time finding women who support your desires for your birth? Do you think nobody understands how you feel? Have you had an undesired cesarean, necessary or not? Are you trying to decide if VBAC is right for you and your baby? Does a repeat cesarean feel like a safer option […]
Healing from a Traumatic Cesarean
Women’s emotional reactions and adjustment to cesarean birth vary widely. Although some women recover fairly quickly and accept the surgical birth as a necessary step to a healthy baby and to becoming a mother, others experience various degrees of sadness, disappointment, anger, violation, loss of self-esteem, guilt, depression, and sometimes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Some […]
Professional Memberships Now Available!
We are very pleased to announce that we are offering a new membership level for professionals. This membership level will offer all the perks of a professional membership, such as a website listing and a discounted rate to our conference, but is tailored for businesses with multiple practitioners. Are you a maternal health care practice? […]
Online Support Meeting – "Dealing with the Family"
Join the women of ICAN in a live online support meeting. The topic of this meeting is “Dealing with the Family” How do you talk to your family about your birth plans? Should you talk to them about it at all? How do you respond when family tell you “at least you have a healthy […]