Cesarean 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, babies, and families worldwide. It’s about educating yourself to the pros and cons of major abdominal surgery and the possibilities for healthy birth afterwards as well as educating yourself for…
Read MoreBreastfeeding & Jaundice
Today I read a post on my CAPPA Yahoo group from a gal who just had a baby a little over 3 weeks ago who has come down with “breastmilk jaundice”. Now, I have absolutely no personal experience with this common occurance myself, but I’m sure that some of you (my millions of readers, that…
Read MoreApril Is C-Section Awareness Month!
*I decided to keep this post at the top for all of April. So, scroll down for current posts.* I am so blessed in my birth experiences, in that I had no complications, and was able to birth out-of-hospital for all four of my kiddos. My oldest was born at a birth center, the other…
Read MoreGreat Video of the Birth Process
3-D Computer animation of the birth process. This is a great video to watch if you’re a first time mom! Of course, this process takes place over several hours or more, but it’s a great visual picture of what your body & your baby does during the birth process.
Read MoreI Didn’t Think This Needed to be Said…
Size-Friendliness: A Message To ProvidersHow To Treat a Pregnant Woman – Regardless of Her Body SizeBy Dawn Mantas Understand that I know, better than anyone else in the world, what my body size is and how it affects me, my health, and my baby. Listen to me. Respect my intuitions about my body and my…
Read MoreSinging Through the Pain
I saw this blog at The Birth Ecology Project, and had to share it here. It’s too beautiful… And it just dawned on me. I used this technique when I was in labor with my firstborn. After I’d been in labor over 24 hours, the midwife and my mom convinced me to take a walk…
Read MoreICAN’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 (The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) for their statements* this week that limit not only women’s choices in birth but imply that birth is a fashion…
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