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 The blogosphere was full of reactions this week to the Today Show’s “Live in the OR” segment showing
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In response to the Today’s Show “Live in the OR” segment that showed a scheduled cesarean in progress , ICAN is appalled by the lighthearted tone and lack of in-depth information regarding cesareans. Dr. Nancy Snyderman downplayed the risks of cesareans while adding to the myth that suspected fetal macrosomia and being postdates are true
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The ICAN Bookstore now offers 1st Class & Media Mail as shipping options! ICAN continues to be a valuable resource to birthing women and hopes that cheaper shipping options along with our low rates will allow us to reach even more women. Check out this month’s specials, buy access to the January 24th webinar or
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From Maureen Finneran Hetrick, ICAN 2011 Conference Director: We are excited to announce St. Louis, Missouri as the location of the ICAN Conference April 8 – 10, 2011! St. Louis is a beautiful city with a large birth community, strong local support for ICAN, and plenty of free attractions for families. This will be a
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At 38 weeks, Debbie Fields was told by her OB/GYN that he would no longer support her plan for VBAC and gave her the ultimatum to schedule a cesarean or find a new doctor. In this interview, Debbie and her husband Ken each share their perspectives on what happened and how their journey to VBAC
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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 Birthing Beautiful Ideas – Sex After C-Section: The Advice that Women Do (and Don’t) Need: After much controversy
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ICAN of Connecticut chapter leader and blogger Danielle Elwood shares her reflections on hosting a blog radio show last night in defense of cesarean moms who don’t just want to “have a giggle and get over it.” The saga began earlier this week with a book review (on Mominatrix’s Guide to Sex: A No-Surrender Advice
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ICAN mama and chapter leader Christie Craigie-Carter was featured in the Washington Post yesterday: About 32 weeks into her first pregnancy, Christie Craigie-Carter’s obstetrician told her that the baby she was carrying was stuck in a bottom-down position — a breech baby — and that she’d have to give up her dream of a natural
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Looking for a last minute gift for a woman you love? Need a place to spend that holiday cash from grandma? How about a subscription to ICAN? Here are 10 very good reasons to become a subscribing member of ICAN in 2010. Thanks to several chapter leaders for these great ideas! Top Ten Reasons to
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Join the women of ICAN in a live online support meeting. The topic of this meeting is “Dealing with the Family” How do you talk to your family about your birth plans? Should you talk to them about it at all? How do you respond when family tell you “at least you have a healthy
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