ICAN’s response to ACOG and AABC statements
Redondo Beach, CA, February 7, 2008: The International Cesarean Awareness Network (www.ican-online.org) would like to publicly condemn both the AABC (American Association of Birth Centers) and the ACOG...
View ArticleCesarean Awareness Month
April is Cesarean Awareness Month http://www.ican-online.org/ What is Cesarean Awareness Month? An internationally recognized month of awareness about the impact of cesarean sections on mothers,...
View ArticleSo what might a cesarean get you? More than a baby!
Having a cesarean section will likely get you a baby, but generally much more than you bargained for. Let me count the ways in no particular order: A scar that in no way makes a bikini look better....
View ArticleCesarean vs. VBAC: A dramatic Difference
I have been invited to share with you an intimate and challenging (and graphic) journey of a mother from an unexpected primary cesarean, physician decided repeat cesarean and a home water birth after...
View ArticleRadio Interview on Whole Mother show – Cesareans, VBAC & Prevention
Here is the radio interview I did with Debbie Hull of the Whole Mother Radio show. We talked about the current percentage of cesareans, VBAC availability, where to obtain support, ways to prevent an...
View ArticleShocking quotes regarding maternal choice to VBAC birth
Joy Szabo has been in the news lately for desiring a second VBAC for her fourth baby (vaginal birth, emergency cesarean, and vaginal birth). She has been denied locally in her area of Page, AZ to have...
View ArticleSisterhood of the Scar Revisited
Many years ago I wrote this piece after attending my very first ICAN conference in San Diego in 2005. I read this and part of me weeps for her, for the me I was and for the women who are becoming part...
View ArticleTell NBC What YOU Think – ICAN meets mother-sized activisim
http://blog.ican-online.org/2010/02/07/mother-sized-activism-nbc/ The International Cesarean Awareness Network wants you to get involved and speak your mind about what you think of the NBC “Live in the...
View ArticleA woman’s voice birthed into fullness
This is a personal post written 10 years to the day of my third son being born. I was also birthed that day into my fullness of voice as a woman and as a full throated advocate for mothers and babies....
View ArticleA Cesarean Plan
Cesarean is often the last thing we want to think about during pregnancy. Most of us think it will not happen to us. Having a plan, an idea of what to ask for, to know there are ways to bridge the gap...
View ArticleICAN’s response to ACOG and AABC statements
Redondo Beach, CA, February 7, 2008: The International Cesarean Awareness Network (www.ican-online.org) would like to publicly condemn both the AABC (American Association of Birth Centers) and the ACOG...
View ArticleCesarean Awareness Month
April is Cesarean Awareness Month http://www.ican-online.org/ What is Cesarean Awareness Month? An internationally recognized month of awareness about the impact of cesarean sections on mothers,...
View ArticleSo what might a cesarean get you? More than a baby!
Having a cesarean section will likely get you a baby, but generally much more than you bargained for. Let me count the ways in no particular order: A scar that in no way makes a bikini look better....
View ArticleCesarean vs. VBAC: A dramatic Difference
I have been invited to share with you an intimate and challenging (and graphic) journey of a mother from an unexpected primary cesarean, physician decided repeat cesarean and a home water birth after...
View ArticleRadio Interview on Whole Mother show – Cesareans, VBAC & Prevention
Here is the radio interview I did with Debbie Hull of the Whole Mother Radio show. We talked about the current percentage of cesareans, VBAC availability, where to obtain support, ways to prevent an...
View ArticleShocking quotes regarding maternal choice to VBAC birth
Joy Szabo has been in the news lately for desiring a second VBAC for her fourth baby (vaginal birth, emergency cesarean, and vaginal birth). She has been denied locally in her area of Page, AZ to have...
View ArticleSisterhood of the Scar Revisited
Many years ago I wrote this piece after attending my very first ICAN conference in San Diego in 2005. I read this and part of me weeps for her, for the me I was and for the women who are becoming part...
View ArticleTell NBC What YOU Think – ICAN meets mother-sized activisim
http://blog.ican-online.org/2010/02/07/mother-sized-activism-nbc/ The International Cesarean Awareness Network wants you to get involved and speak your mind about what you think of the NBC “Live in the...
View ArticleA woman’s voice birthed into fullness
This is a personal post written 10 years to the day of my third son being born. I was also birthed that day into my fullness of voice as a woman and as a full throated advocate for mothers and babies....
View ArticleA Cesarean Plan
Cesarean is often the last thing we want to think about during pregnancy. Most of us think it will not happen to us. Having a plan, an idea of what to ask for, to know there are ways to bridge the gap...
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