Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending June 6th
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. Thanks to MJ Bray for submitting a nomination for this week! I love receiving these from blog readers. […]
Only 2% of cesareans requested by moms
A new study in British Columbia has found that, contrary to what some doctors and media reports might contend, the growing cesarean rate is not driven by maternal demand. This is similar to previous findings from the Listening to Mothers study in which only one out of over 1,300 mothers in the study reported requesting […]
Dr. Friedman on "The peril of multiple c-sections"
Dr. Alex Friedman from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania published an article in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer detailing his own experience with the serious risks of multiple cesareans: The worst surgical case of my residency came when we delivered my patient’s baby by cesarean – her ninth cesarean birth. The baby came out fine, […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Memorial Day Edition
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. Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Memorial Day weekend (in the U.S.)! Two great posts this week highlight […]
Childbirth Professionals: A Call to Advocacy
ICAN President Desirre Andrews and Advocacy Director Gretchen Humphries have recently published an article in the Journal of Perinatal Education. Desirre and Gretchen call for childbirth professionals to work together with advocates to promote change so that childbearing women can be empowered to seek the best care for themselves and their babies. Tackling the topics […]
Cesarean & VBAC in Syracuse, NY
ICAN’s own Lauren Cooper and Lisa Carguello from ICAN of Syracuse were featured on their local TV evening news talking about the rising cesarean rate and availability of VBACs. Says Lauren, “I was terrified but it was an amazing opportunity to help spread the word about the kind of support and information ICAN has to […]
Erin's Cesarean
Erin sent in this birth story to share. Would you like to have yours posted here? Send it to: blog@ican-online.org. If you are looking for more birth stories, click here. I had a perfect pregnancy. I had no heartburn, no hemorrhoids, no morning sickness, no back pain, nothing. I sailed through pregnancy with such ease […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending May 23rd
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 had a wonderful and informative post this week on why even women who have planned […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Week Ending May 16th
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. I love to see creative expressions of birth and birth experiences. This week there were several: Birth Activist […]
Rebirthing ~ The Birth of Dolores Philomena
Julie sent in this birth story to share. Would you like to have yours posted here? Send it to: blog@ican-online.org. If you are looking for more inspirational birth stories, click here. The story of her labor and birth began with Paul. We had wanted a homebirth, but due to many things and choices that we […]
Best of the Birth Blogs – Mother's Day Edition
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. Hope all of you mamas out there have had a lovely Mother’s Day. So many of us have […]
Cesareans Are Forever
Lisa sent in this piece to share… A dear friend of mine recently mentioned that her new motto is “cesareans are forever”. I’ve never heard truer words in my life. Last night, my precious little J (baby daughter) fell asleep in my arms. My husband was out, and J’s been sick. I didn’t want to […]
