International Cesarean Awareness Network

Sydney Morning Herald
Midwives found to aid babies' survival
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 22 hours ago
"Not many people realise that women having babies accounts for the largest single use of our hospitals every year, so if we want to … look after people on ...

Midwives Push On: Conference, film festival focus on birth, families
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI - Oct 9, 2008
With her second child, Mulder served as midwife for a natural home birth. That meant Schaefer-Hills had a VBAC, or vaginal birth after Cesarean. ...

Midwives found to aid babies' survival
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 7 hours ago
The Australian College of Midwives has long argued that better use of midwives would reduce the national caesarean rate, now at 31 per cent, ...

Serious Problems In Maternity Care Quality And Value, Cesarean ...
Medical News Today (press release), UK - 16 hours ago
Best available evidence also supports providing access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) for most women with a previous cesarean, but such access has ...

NICU helps parents ride emotional roller coaster
Asbury Park Press, NJ - Oct 9, 2008
She wanted a C-section to spare the baby the trauma of a vaginal birth. She knew that he was coming into the world with the odds against him, ...

Health Notes
Arlington Connection, VA - Oct 8, 2008
... by preventing unnecessary cesareans through education, providing support for cesarean recovery, and promoting Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). ...

CONSUMER REPORTS: Back to Basics For Safer Childbirth
MarketWatch - Oct 8, 2008
This inaccuracy can lead to a baby being delivered by induction or Caesarean section up to two weeks earlier than its estimated due-date, ...

Patients in Contemporary Russian Reproductive Health Care Institutions
RedOrbit, TX - Oct 8, 2008
Marina had unforeseen health problems, and she was quickly taken to another department for a cesarean section operation. After delivery, Marina found ...

Childbirth Connection Report Reveals Serious Problems in Maternity ...
MarketWatch - Oct 8, 2008
Best available evidence also supports providing access to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) for most women with a previous cesarean, but such access has ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Botched cases and sex assault claims under investigation
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 5, 2008
"A lot more pressure was used to deliver Chloe compared to the birth of my twins [also by caesarean]. I believe Dr Roman Hasil is responsible for Chloe ...

Botched birth results in federal lawsuit
West Virginia Record, WV - Sep 30, 2008
Gregg already had undergone a cesarean section on Sept. 10, 1999, and claims she was not notified of the risks of a vaginal birth with Gilley. ...

Community Calendar
Germantown Now, WI - Sep 30, 2008
Vaginal Birth after Cesarean: Discussion on the risks of vaginal birth after a C-section, Springdale Health Center, 21700 Intertech Dr., Brookfield.; ...

Activist moms campaign to get more local hospitals to allow ...
Ventura County Star, CA - Sep 28, 2008
Gwen, 31, planned the 40-mile trip to Los Robles because it is the only hospital in Ventura County that will accommodate a vaginal birth after Caesarean ...

Living Well Calendar
RedOrbit, TX - 27 minutes ago
... offers this class monthly for experienced parents as well as for mothers who are planning to have a vaginal birth after a pervious Cesarean section. ...

Living Well Calendar
RedOrbit, TX - Sep 26, 2008
... offers this class monthly for experienced parents as well as for mothers who are planning to have a vaginal birth after a pervious Cesarean section. ...

Amendment 48: It's dangerous to women
Denver Post, CO - Sep 24, 2008
In Florida, Laura Pemberton wanted to have a vaginal birth after a previous C-section. Her doctors believed that her fetus had a right to be born by a ...

Amendment 48: It's dangerous to women
Denver Post, CO - 15 hours ago
In Florida, Laura Pemberton wanted to have a vaginal birth after a previous C-section. Her doctors believed that her fetus had a right to be born by a ...

Incontinence Rates After Pregnancy Significant, Regardless of ...
DG News - Sep 22, 2008
"Even though the rates are somewhat higher with vaginal birth, there is still a significant amount of incontinence reported with C-section births," she said ...

Incontinence Rates After Pregnancy Significant, Regardless of ...
DG News - Sep 22, 2008
"Even though the rates are somewhat higher with vaginal birth, there is still a significant amount of incontinence reported with C-section births," she said ...

Woman chooses different path
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA - Sep 21, 2008
BY ANNIE ADDINGTON - aaddington@hotmail.com -- While some women have a Caesarean for their first birth and yearn for a vaginal birth in subsequent ...