~News~
* SAFE PREVENTION OF THE PRIMARY CESAREAN: ACOG and SMFM CHANGE THE GAME - February 19, 2014 - New study published! I hope that readers of Science & Sensibility (and anyone working in the field of maternal infant health) are sitting down. Be prepared to be blown away. ACOG and SMFM have just released a joint Obstetric Care Consensus statement that has the potential to turn maternity care in the USA on its end ...
* "Pennsylvania Releases 2009 Cesarean Information" - 3/18/2011 - some local VBAC stats are available on this site as well. Thank you ICAN of SEPA for posting!
* "How We Became a Web Company" - Feb. 15th, 2011 - Mothering Magazine, the place where natural family living and gentle parenting is the norm has to end publications and become only a web based company. So sad for many of us...at least there is still a home and community online. It is a great article, brought tears to my eyes.
*Breastfeeding mothers using Facebook to share milk! - Nov. 22, 2010
* ICAN responds to NEW ACOG guidelines on VBAC ------>BIG BIG NEWS...GREAT NEWS!!! - July 21, 2010
* Delco Doula Birth Services is hosting the first local BIRTH CIRCLE group on Sunday, June 27 from 1-4 @ Lansdowne Public Library meeting room. All women welcome. Click here for official flyer!
A BIRTH CIRCLE can end up including many services offered to the community regarding birth, but our intention right now is SIMPLE. We want a safe, supportive, non judgmental place for all women to be able to come and listen to and/or share their birth experiences/stories. Please read the full description on the flyer, linked above.
A BIRTH CIRCLE can end up including many services offered to the community regarding birth, but our intention right now is SIMPLE. We want a safe, supportive, non judgmental place for all women to be able to come and listen to and/or share their birth experiences/stories. Please read the full description on the flyer, linked above.
* "Dangerous Delivery Shows Peril of Multiple C-Sections" - May 31, 2010 - Written by a resident, Alex Friedman, from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania about the various dangers of repeat cesarean sections.
* "Doula becoming a household name" - May 22, 2010 - With the healthcare reform legislation, there is some good news for women seeking doula services!
* Midwifery Today Conference - April 12-18, 2010
I had the opportunity to volunteer and attend the Midwifery Today Conference in King of Prussia this year. The positive energy of so many women passionate about birth, babies, and women was a feeling like none other. It was an experience I'll never forget. I had a chance to talk with Ina May Gaskin (photo to left)! She has always been a hero to me and her story has inspired me in more ways than one ever since I read her book, Spiritual Midwifery, four years ago. The training I received was from the most respected and well known birth professionals in the world. I have been inspired, energized, and empowered to support women through pregnancy and birth while learning some great new information and comfort techniques. Doulas and midwives from around the world gathering in one place during one week to learn from each other and to support each other. There can be nothing else like it. I will remember the special women I've met there - their faces, their stories, their struggles, and their compassion. And to the one and only man at the conference, Michel Odent, wow...you are truly amazing for all the work you've done for birthing women. And you are absolutely captivating!
