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2009- Real Women. Real Lives.

In 2009, ICAN held their International Biennial Birth Conference in Atlanta, Georgia with the theme "Real Women. Real Lives." Keynote speakers included Sarah Buckley, Eugene Declerq, Joni Nichols, & Steve Buonagurio, among many more great sessions. Please visit http://ican-online.org/conference/index.html for more info.

To view pictures from the 2009 ICAN Birth Conference "Real Women. Real Lives." you can click on 'Pics' & then view the relevant folder on the ICAN of Syracuse Myspace Page or the main ICAN Myspace Page.

2007- Silver Anniversary Conference

The mother of all childbirth conferences came to Syracuse, April 20-22, 2007. Dr. Mark Landon, primary author of the first large-scale American prospective study on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), was one of seven keynote speakers. His findings confirm the relative safety of VBAC for most women. Other keynote speakers included Marsden Wagner, Henci Goer, & Nancy Wainer, along with many other fabulous speakers & sessions.

To view pictures from the 2007 ICAN Silver Anniversary Conference you can click on 'Pics' & then view the relevant folder on the main ICAN Myspace Page.

2005- Reclaiming Our Choices in Childbirth

In 2005, ICAN held a joint conference with the California Association of Midwives & the Birth Resource Network in San Diego. This Conference provided a unifying message for the birth community and childbearing women at a time when over 300 hospitals & two medical malpractice companies ban VBAC despite research showing VBAC is safer than repeat cesarean for most women and babies. The press release for this can be found archived at PRWeb.

2003- The Proactive Pregnancy: Defeating Cesarean Prenatally

In 2003, ICAN had our first Conference "The Proactive Pregnancy: Defeating Cesarean Prenatally" in Florida. There is some information on this Conference archived in Volume 6 of the ICAN E-News.

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