ICAN of Richmond

 

Articles

 

The Assault on Normal Birth

 

Cesarean Birth: What About the Baby?

 

Cesareans in A Culture of Fear  (Mothering 2007)

 

Coerced Cesarean Surgeries Feed Growing Nationwide Rate, USA

 

Gestational Diabetes

 

Home Birth After Cesarean (MT 2008)

 

Let the Baby Decide: The Case Against Inducing Labor

 

Mothering Magazine- VBAC articles

 

Problems & Hazards of Induction of Labor

 

Posterior Presentation: A Pain in the Back

 

Posterior: Optimal Fetal Positioning

 

Posterior: Preventing Prolonged Labor

 

Study Backs Natural Birth After C-Section

 

Technology in Birth: First Do No Harm

 

Twin VBAC

 

 

Blogs

 

The Birth Book Blog- Tina Cassidy (VBAC mom too!)

 

Empowering Birth Blog

 

Pushed Birth- Jennifer Block

 

 

 

Multi-Media  

 

VBAC Home Video

 avoiding cesarean in stalled labor video

 

 

 

 

Newsletter

ICAN Fall 2005

ICAN Winter 2005

ICAN Spring 2006

ICAN Summer 2006

ICAN Winter 2006

ICAN Spring 2007

ICAN Summer 2007

ICAN Winter 2008

 

Policy

ACOG Informed Consent/Refusal 

 

Critique of ACOG Practice Bulletin #5  

 

ACOG VBAC Guidelines (updated 2004) 

 

ACNM Position Statement on VBAC

 

AFFP TOLAC (Trial of Labor After Cesarean) (updated 2005)

 

Effect of Maternity Care Practices on Breastfeeding Outcomes 

 

National Organization for Women (NOW) VBAC Resolution

VBAC Policies in US Hospitals

 

 

Statistics

 

2006 Cesarean Rates

 

2005 Cesarean Rates

 

 

 

Studies

 

New England Journal of Medicine 2004 VBAC Study

 

LAMAZE & Henci Goer critique studies on Breech, Epidurals, Induction, VBAC, & Homebirth

 

NIH Response to 2004 Study   

 

First-Time Preplanned and "Patient-Choice" Cesarean Section Rates in the United States, Healthgrades Quality Study, July 2003

 

Trends in Cesarean Rates for First Births & Repeat Cesarean Rates for Low Risk Women: United States, 1990-2003

 

Homebirth Lowers Cesarean Risk

 

Listening to Mothers Survey on Childbirth Practices

 

2005 Twin VBAC Study

 

Planned cesarean vs. planned vaginal birth, AJOG December 2006

 

VBAC or Repeat? Resources

 

2006 VBAC Study-Obstetrics and Gynecology (Landon, includes multiple cesareans)

 

VBA2C- Dr. Mark Landon, lead researcher, ICAN Conference Notes 2007

 

ICAN: 15 Studies that Should keep Mothers out of the OR

 

 

 

Websites

 

Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) 

 

Childbirth Connection      

       

        What Every pregnant Woman Should Know about Cesarean Section- UPDATED 2006

    

        What Should I know about cesarean section?

        

        Should I choose vbac or repeat c-section?

       

        How can I prevent pelvic floor problems when giving birth?

        

        2004 cesarean rates released by CDC

 

 

Find a doula: ALACE or DONA

 

 

International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) 

 

 

Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth 

 

 

Spinning Babies- Optimal Fetal Positioning

 

 

Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth - Henci Goer

 

 

A Woman-Centered, Evidence-Based Resource for VBAC - Nicette Jukelevics 

           

             Informed Consent 

 

            Understanding Uterine Rupture        

           

 

For further info contact us at icanofrichmond@yahoo.com