International Cesarean Awareness Network

'LABORfest: Learning About Birth Options in Rockford' April 28 at Casey's Pub
The Rock River Times
LOVES PARK, Ill. — The local ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network) chapter of the Rock River Valley will host “LABORfest: Learning About Birth Options in Rockford” from 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 28, at Casey's Pub, 7307 N. Alpine Road ...

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Lupus Drugs in Pregnancy Won't Harm Offspring - MedPage Today
MedPage Today
All participating women had at least four criteria for lupus according to the American College of Rheumatology, and all children included were born after the maternal diagnosis of lupus. The women's mean age at the time of their first birth was 32, and ...

Can caesarean sections increase susceptibility to disease? - Medical Xpress
Medical Xpress
Despite efforts to reduce intervention rates during labour, vaginal births without medical intervention are becoming increasingly rare in Australia and overseas: nearly one in three women in Australian now give birth by caesarean; more than half are ...

Cesarean Section Worsens Condition of Pregnant Women with Pelvic Girdle Pain
Parent Herald
According to the authors, choosing cesarean birth over vaginal birth due to pelvic girdle pain can prove to be more harmful than beneficial, as C-section worsens the condition and puts women at higher risks of experiencing chronic pelvic girdle pain ...

C-sections increasing despite possible long-term effects
Liberty Vindicator
She said it is possible to do a vaginal birth after a C-section, but she recommends women talk to their obstetrician even before getting pregnant about which type of delivery is best, with the least risk to mother and child. The rate of C-sections in ...

Study: Anesthesia increases success rates of version procedures, decreases ...
News-Medical.net
The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesarean section and have a head-first vaginal delivery instead. Prior studies have shown that spinal or epidural ...

Scope (blog)
Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery ...
Scope (blog)
The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesarean section and have a head-first vaginal delivery instead. Prior studies have shown that spinal or epidural ...

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Anesthesia Increases Success Rates of Turning Breech Babies, Reduces ...
Science Daily (press release)
Breech birth · Childbirth · Local anesthetic · Maternal bond. The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesareansection and have a head-first vaginal delivery ...

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Light Drinking During Pregnancy Not Linked To Developmental Problems, Study ...
Huffington Post
Monitoring about 10,500 children from pre-birth through age 7, researchers determined that the children of mothers who drank up to two drinks per week fared just as well on a series of cognitive tests as kids born to mothers who did not drink while ...

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Midwifery Prenatal Care Linked to Fewer Birth Interventions - Medscape
Medscape
... lower rates of cesarean section (marginal effect, −10.5; P < .01) and use of vacuum or forceps (marginal effect, −3.3; P < .01), as well as higher rates of weekend delivery (marginal effect, 11.7; P < .05) and vaginal birth after cesarean section ...

Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery ...
EurekAlert (press release)
The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesarean section and have a head-first vaginal delivery instead. Prior studies have shown that spinal or epidural ...

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ChristianityToday.com
A Labor of Love: The Birth Doula
ChristianityToday.com
Unlike midwives, they are not trained in medical procedures, and unlike labor and delivery nurses, they don't go off-shift; they'll stay with a woman from the beginning of active labor to about an hour after delivery. As unlikely as it may seem, ... As ...

Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery ...
Medical Xpress
... because it increases the likelihood the procedure will work. The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesarean section and have a head-first vaginal ...

Anesthesia increases success rates of turning breech babies, reduces delivery ...
HealthCanal.com
The turning procedure, called an external cephalic version, or simply a "version," can allow some women with breech babies to avoid a cesarean section and have a head-first vaginal delivery instead. Prior studies have shown that spinal or epidural ...

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Anesthesia Increases Success Rates of Turning Breech Babies
HealthNewsDigest.com
But cesarean sections have their own disadvantages, such as increased risk of maternal hemorrhage, more pain and longer recovery times for the mother after birth, as well as higher hospital costs. As part of their effort to reduce cesarean rates ...

Screenings slated for oral cancer
The Advocate
A panel discussion on cesarean awareness will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at The Red Shoes, 2303 Government St. The event is being hosted by the International Cesarean Awareness Network and organizers of the Improving Birth 2013 Rally.

LABOR Fest April 28 in Loves Park
Rockford Register Star
LOVES PARK — The International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) of Rock River Valley will host the first annual LABOR Fest: Learning about Birth Options in Rockford from 1 to 5 p.m. April 28 at Casey's Pub, 7307 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park.

ABC News (blog)
Woman Pregnant After Uterus Transplant
ABC News (blog)
Doctors waited 18 months after Derya Sert's uterus transplant in August 2011 before they implanted an embryo on April 1 using Sert's own egg. Sert, a ... The baby will be born through cesarean section, according to the news agency. Sert was born ...

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Cesarean Awareness Month provides support for all
BurlingtonFreePress.com
The International Cesarean Awareness Network of Northern Vermont is a nonprofit organization that provides support for cesarean recovery and promoting vaginal birth after cesarean. They hold free bi-monthly educational and support meetings for families ...

Cesarean Awareness Month provides support for all
BurlingtonFreePress.com
The International Cesarean Awareness Network of Northern Vermont is a nonprofit organization that provides support for cesarean recovery and promoting vaginal birth after cesarean. They hold free bi-monthly educational and support meetings for families ...