Newsletter!

Great places to look for VBAC information:

American Association of Birth Centers

American College of Nurse-Midwives

The Birth Survey

RSS News form ICAN

  • ICAN President Christa Billings Talks to Science & Sensibility!
    It’s April and Cesarean Awareness Month! Check out this interview our president did with Science and Sensibility in recognition of CAM. […]
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  • Press Release: Threats to Rights of Pregnant Women
    For Immediate Release Contact: Cristen Pascucci March 13, 2013 Phone: (443) 622-2892 ImprovingBirth.org and International Cesarean Awareness Network Address Threats to Rights of Pregnant Women With protections for mothers under threat, advocacy groups call for solutions San Diego, CA–Maternity care advocacy groups speak out on the heels of last week’s public […]
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  • Lauren’s Birth–Beginning the Process
    Let me start by saying that when I got pregnant, a c-section was the furthest thing from my mind. My husband and I were living in Hattiesburg, MS when we found out and I was bemoaning the lack of birthing centers. There were was a group of midwives in a city 2 hours away, but […]
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  • Pam’s VBAC of Luis
    This is Pam’s 3rd and final VBAC story.  Her first two VBAC stories were featured earlier this week on the Blog. I was 41 weeks pregnant with our fourth child and had been having irregular contractions all day when I decided I needed to go birthday shopping for my husband, whose birthday was the next day. […]
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  • Pam’s VBAC of Raquel
    This is Pam’s 2nd VBAC.  The story of her first VBAC was published earlier this week on the Blog. Raquel’s birth once again proved the old adage: Expect the unexpected. My pregnancy was nearly perfect, so while I expected to pass my due date, I was somewhat surprised to find myself still pregnant after 41 weeks. Though […]
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Massachusettes

October 29th, 2010

http://mamah.org/ (They use Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge)
With Child Midwifery.com/
Massachusettes Midwives
Home Birth Matters
Boston Community Midwifery
Sacred Birth Midwifery
mfom
Giving Birth
Safe n Sound Midwifery

Please let us know if any of this information is outdated!
Dr. Beth Hardiman at Mt. Autburn in Cambridge
Dr. Gladys Gibbs at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Kenmore Square. She is super-supportive of my VBAC, and she’s affiliated with Brigham & Women’s

We need your help! Do you know of a VBAC supportive practice or group in this state?? please email us the info: kcontentoangell@hotmail.com

Articles about VBAC’s in Massachusettes (may be of interest):
Mom defies doctor, has baby her way

The Mommy Uprising

Hospitals are banning certain types of births in Massachusetts

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