International Cesarean Awareness Network

The Stir (blog)
11 Reasons Women Bleed During Pregnancy & What It Means For Your Baby
The Stir (blog)
Why it happens: Also called pre-term labor, it occurs when your body starts getting ready to deliver too early (usually after the 20th week or more than 3 weeks before you are due date). What you can do about it: "Recent treatment has been focusing on ...

It's time for me to get past my c-sections, please send your words of wisdom
Mothering
I love that there is a group so specific to include the c-section AFTER a long labor...because that's an important part! I had my first ... And other doctor said that my chances for VBAC are not as ideal, because I likely have a narrow birth canal ...

C-Section Rates Vary Widely Between Hospitals, Study Finds
ABC News
... government efforts to decrease variation are warranted." Read this story on www.medpagetoday.com. C-section is the most common procedure done in the operating room, and boosted the cost of delivery to an average of almost $13,000 compared with $9 ...

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What Older Expectant Moms Can Expect
dailyRx
"Even if women who are delivered by emergency cesarean section or instrumental vaginal delivery have a much more negative experience than after a spontaneous vaginal birth, older women seem to be better prepared to manage this experience than ...

Hagerstown birth resource center officials pleased with first babies fair
The Herald-Mail
Packe gave birth to her first child, daughter Ruby, who turns 1 later this month, via Caesarean section, she said. One of the things Packe said she wanted to learn more about Sunday was vaginal births after Caesarean section. Her second child is due ...

Check the baby! 1 in 10 new moms shows signs of OCD, study finds
Today.com (blog)
A study finds that 11 percent of mothers experienced obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the weeks and months after childbirth, compared with 2 percent to 3 percent in the general population. Dr. Dana Gossett still remembers the ... “I had just enough ...

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New Moms Often Anxious After Giving Birth
MedPage Today
However, the rate remained relatively constant thereafter. The rate of anxiety was higher among women who had a cesarean versus a vaginal delivery (22% versus 15%, P=0.001) and among those who gave birth for the first time (20% versus 15%, P=0.02).

C-Sections and Sneezes
dailyRx
(dailyRx News) Following a rising trend, almost a third of all births in the United States are through caesarian section, or C-section. In many cases, these C-sections ... After the women were enrolled in the study, they were visited at home when their ...

New birth center model opens in Rogers
The City Wire
Osborne came to University of Arkansas in August 2010 after teaching and serving as course coordinator at the private Frontier Nurse University in Hyden, Ky. She previously practiced as a nurse midwife at ... A recent national study performed by Truven ...

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Handling the Anxiety of a New Baby
dailyRx
The anxiety was more common among first-time moms and those who had cesarean sections. Postpartum anxiety was also ... who had cesarean sections. The rate of anxiety among women who had C-sections was 22 percent, compared to 15 percent among women who ...

Hagerstown birth resource center officials pleased with first babies fair
The Herald-Mail
Packe gave birth to her first child, daughter Ruby, who turns 1 later this month, via Caesarean section, she said. One of the things Packe said she wanted to learn more about Sunday was vaginal births after Caesarean section. Her second child is due ...

Vaginal Birth after Myomectomy (fibroid removal)?
Mothering
So far, I've read that after a myomectomy, one must have a cesarean section because of the greater risk of rupture. However, I almost don't even want to have another child if I can't have a home birth. :/ Has anyone here ever had a natural birth after ...

Study: Most Moms Wait At Least Six Weeks Postpartum To Have Sex
Growing Your Baby
Additionally, mothers that had episiotomies or sutured tears, caesarean sections, and births assisted with forceps were more likely to wait longer than those that had non-complicated vaginal births. About 45% of women ... “The most important finding ...

Are Women Having Too Many C-Sections in the United States?
io9
Corry pointed us to a 2012 report by Amy Romano and Carol Sakala, "Vaginal or Cesarean Birth: What Is At Stake For Women And Babies?," in which the various risks are assessed, both for cesarean and vaginal births. In the report, the authors write ...

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing,' Birth Center Director Says
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing,' Birth Center Director Says
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

Time to stop the practice of defensive medicine
Iowa City Press Citizen
Very few Iowa hospitals offer a trial of labor after Cesarean, so once a woman has had that first Cesarean birth, “Once a Cesarean, always a Cesarean.” It's a fact that there is increased neonatal and maternal risk from Cesarean versus vaginal birth ...

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing', Says Birth Center Director
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

Best pregnancy books?
Mothering
My first birth, then, was an induced two day ordeal that ended in c-section, and I probably deserved it. I guess I was going in thinking baby just comes out, or doctor just takes baby out... Wiser, and obsessed over vaginal birth after cesarian during ...

Zofran, Pregnancy Nausea Drug, Won't Harm Fetus (STUDY)
Huffington Post
The new study of more than 600,000 pregnancies in Denmark found no evidence of major birth-related problems, so women should not be afraid to use Zofran if they need it, said Dr. Iffath Hoskins, a high-risk pregnancy specialist at NYU Langone Medical ...

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