Gina Dacosta-Partera, chapter leader of ICAN Norte-Centro Puerto Rico, has been named the 2014 MANA Sapling Award winner by the Midwife Alliance of North America. She will be officially recognized at the annual convention which takes place this month in St. Louis, Missouri. The MANA Sapling Award was created in order... Continue reading →
This birth story, in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month (CAM), comes from Sarah Fuerstenau. To have your story posted on this blog, email it to blog@ican-online.org. My birthing story begins back in 2005 when I had our first child. I had prepared myself for a natural, drug-free vaginal birth but... Continue reading →
These birth stories, in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month (CAM), come from Elayne Glantzberg. To have your story posted on this blog, email it to blog@ican-online.org. Elayne sends along her four very different birth stories, all previously published on her family’s blog. Below are excerpts with links to the full... Continue reading →
This birth story, in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month (CAM), comes from Brandy Pankau. To have your story posted on this blog, email it to blog@ican-online.org. Well I am not even sure where to begin! I guess I will start with my first birth with my oldest son. It is September... Continue reading →
This birth story, in honor of Cesarean Awareness Month (CAM), comes from Jordan Bucher. Jordan says, “I wanted to send the story of my cesarean and my attempted HBAC (that turned out to be an incredibly empowering CBAC) for Cesarean Awareness Month. I hope other ICAN blog readers can find... Continue reading →