Posts Under Cesarean Section Category
ICAN in the J&C
07-06-2011
ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) has an article in the paper. Read more here about what leader, Lisa Epsteen has to say about knowing your options in childbirth.
This is big! ICAN has been needed in the Lafayette area, and now it is here! We are very excited to be hosting ICAN meetings at our center. The first meeting is happening soon, too! It will be the CHOICES meeting for June on Monday, June 27th from 7 – 8:30pm. And just in case you haven’t heard, the location…
ICAN
03-31-2011
The ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) is holding another biennial conference this April in St. Louis. On the agenda are topics such as caring for a Cesarean scar, legislative advocacy and delivering breech babies, and most exciting is the focus on educating women and health-care professionals about the latest evidence regarding vaginal births after Caesareans {emphasis mine}, said conference director…
Cesarean Rates in Indiana
09-20-2010
Finding out your hospital’s rate of Cesarean Births is very important. Here are some numbers from 2008. How is your hospital doing? Is it where it should be? Thanks to Jill from The Unncesarean for this post.
ACOG Issues Less Restrictive VBAC Guidelines
07-22-2010
ACOG has just issued a press release with new (and most importantly less strict) guidelines for women wanting a VBAC. This is big news! Go here for the press release. And check out this article and that article to get an idea of the significance of these new guidelines.
NIH Conference
05-25-2010
This article would be a great one to read for those of you interested in VBAC. It’s a synopsis of the recent National Institute of Health Conference and their findings of benefits and/or risks from Trial of Labor (TOL) versus Elective Repeat Cesarean Delivery (ECRD). Among the panel’s findings was the conclusion that TOL is safer for the mother than…
CHOICES Meeting: May 17th, 2010
05-04-2010
The topic for this month’s meeting is, “The Cesarean Epidemic and A Safe VBAC”. This topic is really important to us, and I’m so glad we have the chance to share some information about it. Looking back, this meeting topic would have been great for last month (Cesarean Awareness Month), but Cesarean Awareness is useful any time of year. We…
April is Cesarean Awareness Month
04-05-2010
In the case that you weren’t aware, it is Cesarean Awareness Month! The whole point to having such a theme for the month is to raise awareness about normal birth, raise awareness about the very scary cesarean epidemic, and to advocate for women’s reproductive rights. 1 in 3 women in the U.S. end up with a Cesarean Section. Is this…
