ICAN Accreta Awareness Month – ACOG Speaks About Accreta
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ICAN Accreta Awareness Month – Sleeves Up! Donating Blood to Save Lives
My accreta baby is three years old. I am alive today to celebrate my baby’s third birthday because of blood donors. Even though I had very well trained and gifted surgeons, there came a point in my surgery when no matter what my surgeons did I would not have survived without blood transfusions. The human body only holds about…
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Meet the Leadership: Alex Miller, ICAN of Southwest Alabama
ICAN is excited to announce Alex Miller as our newest Chapter Leader! “We are here, not to judge, but to offer a safe place for you to work through your feelings and offer support.” ~ Alex Miller, ICAN of SW Alabama Please introduce yourself to ICAN: I am a mother of two that left the…
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ICAN Accreta Awareness Month – Katie’s Birth Story
I had my first son in October 2009. He was 10 days late and after being induced for over 24 hours and having “failure to progress” during labor the doctor said that we could do the cesarean now or we could continue the induction the next day. I was tired and realized another day of induction would…
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ICAN Accreta Awareness Month – What is Placenta Accreta?
By The Well-Rounded Mama, August 26, 2013 Placenta Accreta, Part One: What Is Accreta? Read the full article here. Summary: Placenta accreta comes in three levels of severity ─ accreta, increta, and percreta. Thankfully, most accretas don’t involve an increta or a percreta. However, even without these severe forms, an accreta is still a very…