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Colorful triangular flags, called “bunting flags”, bring extra cheer and whimsy to a joyful ocassion. Decorate with brightly colored ones when celebrating a coming birth, or a birthday, or use cooler, soothing tones to make a small space special for a child, or a kid at heart. We found these awesome sewing free bunting flags,

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

Lactation cookies are the perfect gift basket item for the new mom in your area, and a delicious treat to make for yourself if you are nursing. These cookies are nutritious, filling, and support breast milk production! Oats have long been associated with increased milk supply, as have flax seeds and brewer’s yeast.  These ingredients

by Kelly Fischer The sight of a knit uterus is certainly a conversation starter! While many of your friends may wonder “why on Earth would you want a knit uterus?”, many birth advocates and professionals would probably be thrilled to have such a unique gift!  Add in a band-aide to represent a cesarean scar, and it’s

Poder y Parto–Spanish/English language blog Cesarean Awareness Network Australia–Our sister organization in Australia Birthtimedoula–German doula’s Blog Spiritual Birth–South African Blog Healthy Mother–Blog from an author out of India And on Thursday, the last of our anniversary posts for January, we’ll wrap up with 5 Blogs we want you to visit!

Today, we are featuring some of the blogs of our very own ICAN Chapters! Is your chapter on the list? ICAN of Louisville–A great place to stay in the loop for Louisville local chapter happenings and to stay on top of birth related information.  The blog writers do a great job of keeping everyone connected!

There are many wonderful blogs out there, so we mean for this to be just a little taste of places to start your reading and research.  In no particular order, here are 5 of our favorite research blogs*: Stand and Deliver–Canadian writer and blogger Rixa Freeze received a master’s degree in American history from Ohio