On the night you were born… Emily Ann Jacobs 08-03-10, 8:08 pm, 8 lbs Our first daughter was born on Memorial Day, 1 week after her due date via c-section. I was induced with Pitocin and only after laboring 6 hours did the doctor suggest a c-section. My husband and I agreed, because we didn’t
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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.
Jennifer posted a wonderful story of her orgasmic VBAC on Livemom.com: I pushed for two hours, which isn’t too bad compared to the 43-hour marathon labor stories we hear. I was pretty vocal; mostly pissed that there was zero pain-relief from the epidural. I think the contractions were more painful because I had the expectation
The day my eldest son was born was the worst day of my life. I know what you’re thinking…how can you say that? But it has nothing to do with my love for him and everything to do with the way that he was brought into this world. I know they say that birthing a
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Ingrid sent in her beautiful home birth story to share… Ocean, my three year old son, and I came home Friday night from a fun evening of hanging out with Ocean’s cousins, Emma and Andrew. We had all gone out for pizza and to the duck pond. I had felt pretty darn tired while we
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This is the first in a quarterly series highlighting ICAN’s signature publication, The Clarion. To receive The Clarion, you must be a subscriber to ICAN. To subscribe, please find your local chapter or visit the ICAN bookstore. The focus of this issue of The Clarion is healing, which includes a phenomenal collection of articles addressing
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Your weekly one-stop for highlights from the birth blogosphere. Visit weekly for the latest on childbirth, especially related to cesarean prevention, recovery, and VBAC. To nominate a blog post to be featured here, email me at blog@ican-online.org. Thanks to MJ Bray for submitting a nomination for this week! I love receiving these from blog readers.
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Erin sent in this birth story to share. Would you like to have yours posted here? Send it to: blog@ican-online.org. If you are looking for more birth stories, click here. I had a perfect pregnancy. I had no heartburn, no hemorrhoids, no morning sickness, no back pain, nothing. I sailed through pregnancy with such ease
Julie sent in this birth story to share. Would you like to have yours posted here? Send it to: blog@ican-online.org. If you are looking for more inspirational birth stories, click here. The story of her labor and birth began with Paul. We had wanted a homebirth, but due to many things and choices that we
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In honor of Cesarean Awareness Month 2010, we will be filling the blogosphere with stories from real women (and their families) who know first-hand the consequences of a 32% cesarean rate. Each day we will post at least one birth story submitted by these women. Prepare to be moved (hint: grab a box of Kleenex)!
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