ICAN debuted our newest support offering at our 2011 Conference in St. Louis. Designed by talented ICANer Mallory Brock from a concept by Education Director Krista Cornish Scott, this fabric can be ordered by the yard directly from www.spoonflower.com with a portion of the sales going to ICAN. One yard of fabric makes three support
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Birth stories are important, for remembering and healing. Last year we posted 46 birth stories during Cesarean Awareness Month. Click here to read them. Let us know what touches you. Want to have your birth story posted on this blog? Email it to blog@ican-online.org.
April is Cesarean Awareness Month. The U.S. cesarean rate stands at 32.9%, but some states have rates of more than 40%. “Cesareans are far from the niche occurrence of yesteryear. Every woman in her childbearing years MUST sit up and take notice of this alarming and astonishing rate of surgical delivery,” says ICAN President Desirre
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ICAN’s upcoming conference (April 8-10) was recently featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. While the conference will cover issues, such as caring for a Caesarean scar, legislative advocacy and delivering breech babies, the weekend will focus on educating women and health-care professionals about the latest evidence regarding vaginal births after Caesareans, said conference director Maureen
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Amy Swagman is a mother, doula, and fine artist in Denver, CO. For the month of April in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month she will be donating 10% of all sales to ICAN, plus 20% of sales from her pieces on cesarean, healing, and VBAC. Amy will also be speaking on birth art and activism at
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If you are going to ICAN’s 2011 conference in St. Louis, don’t forget you can pre order the speakers books or Cesarean Voices. You must pay by paypal and pick it up at the conference. Check it out! https://ican-online.org/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=14&zenid=16fea0f01df587521574e999a99a6037 If you are going to ICAN’s 2011 conference in St. Louis, don’t forget you can pre-order the
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ICAN mama Rebecca James was recently interviewed on elephantjournal.com about her journey from having a “McBirth” to homebirth, with a little help from ICAN along the way. She had this to say about how ICAN helped support her after her traumatic cesarean surgery: It is hard to find support after a cesarean! Most people don’t
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ICAN’s Education Director Krista Cornish Scott has published an article on About.com called, “Planning a VBAC When Your Partner’s Isn’t Sure.” Krista provides tips for dealing with this situation such as acknowledging fear, asking your partner to listen to how your cesarean affected you, and approaching your partner with their learning style. Krista writes, “Getting
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The complete list of speakers has been announced for the ICAN Conference 2011: Your Gateway to a Better Birth, being held April 8 – 10 in St Louis, MO. Please see the conference website: http://conference.ican-online.org/speakers.htm for the full listing. This year’s conference speakers are among the most recognized, respected and innovative names in the birthing
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This is a cross-post from The Unnecesarean, which is in the midst of a fantastic series on defensive medicine. If you haven’t been reading the posts in this series, you can get caught up here. By Desirre Andrews, President of ICAN A woman’s pregnancy should be a positive time as she prepares for the birth
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