Four words to never say to VBAC hopeful parents
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View ArticleMy chat with the ACOG VP & CEO about VBAC
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View ArticlePlease don’t call my cesarean a “cesarean birth”
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View ArticleHow being a colorblind birth professional hurts your clients
Recently, I had a great extended conversation on racism in birth work at a VBAC Facts training for professionals in Covington, LA. And I wanted to share it with you. One doula shared that we simply...
View ArticleEvidence or Experience: Which Matters More?
So what matters more: Our personal experience? Or the conclusions of medical evidence? I suspect that most of my readers would say, the evidence. Hands down. And that is what most people believe… until...
View ArticleWhy I’m feeling conflicted about AB 1306: CNM Physician Supervision vs. Home...
I have thought about AB 1306 for so many hours since I initially opposed it last Friday and I’m feeling really conflicted about it. Let me share with you why. Removing physician supervision will...
View ArticleJudgment in the birth community: Fitting in after a cesarean
A woman who had four cesareans, after planning VBACs and home births, recently contacted me. She didn’t know where she fit into the birth community. My heart went out to her because there have been...
View ArticleWhen you are the statistic: Uterine rupture loss
Women who have had uterine ruptures and lost their babies have endured some of our greatest fears. But they are part of our community as well. When the VBAC Facts Community, a Facebook group, was...
View ArticleCalling women who plan home VBACs “stupid” misses the point
I’m in an online group for labor & delivery nurses where the discussion of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) at home came up. While some understood the massive VBAC barriers many women face,...
View Article“Hospitals offering VBAC are required to have 24/7 anesthesia” is false
In 2010, I was sitting next to an OB/GYN during a lunch break at the National Institutes of Health VBAC Conference. She was telling me about how she had worked at a rural hospital, without 24/7...
View Article“No one can force you to have a cesarean” is false
“No one can force you to have a cesarean.” I see this all the time in message boards. That’s just not true. Let’s start with what is ethical and legal: Yes, no one can legally force you to have a...
View ArticleShoulder pain is a symptom of uterine rupture
Internal bleeding from uterine rupture can cause referred pain through the phrenic nerve which can present in the shoulder. Shoulder pain is sometimes not included in lists of uterine rupture symptoms,...
View ArticleUterine rupture survival story teaches two lessons
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View ArticleHow being a colorblind birth professional hurts your clients
Recently, I had a great extended conversation on racism in birth work at a VBAC Facts training for professionals in Covington, LA. And I wanted to share it with you. One doula shared that we simply...
View ArticleEvidence or Experience: Which Matters More?
So what matters more: Our personal experience? Or the conclusions of medical evidence? I suspect that most of my readers would say, the evidence. Hands down. And that is what most people believe… until...
View ArticleWhy I’m feeling conflicted about AB 1306: CNM Physician Supervision vs. Home...
I have thought about AB 1306 for so many hours since I initially opposed it last Friday and I’m feeling really conflicted about it. Let me share with you why. Removing physician supervision will...
View ArticleJudgment in the birth community: Fitting in after a cesarean
A woman who had four cesareans, after planning VBACs and home births, recently contacted me. She didn’t know where she fit into the birth community. My heart went out to her because there have been...
View ArticleWhen you are the statistic: Uterine rupture loss
Women who have had uterine ruptures and lost their babies have endured some of our greatest fears. But they are part of our community as well. When the VBAC Facts Community, a Facebook group, was...
View ArticleCalling women who plan home VBACs “stupid” misses the point
I’m in an online group for labor & delivery nurses where the discussion of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) at home came up. While some understood the massive VBAC barriers many women face,...
View Article“Hospitals offering VBAC are required to have 24/7 anesthesia” is false
In 2010, I was sitting next to an OB/GYN during a lunch break at the National Institutes of Health VBAC Conference. She was telling me about how she had worked at a rural hospital, without 24/7...
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