Posted in In the news / Releases, Press Release on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CONTACT: Denna Suko, Executive Director
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Tel: 919.863.9482
dsuko@motherfriendly.org
Choosing a Birth Care Provider? The Birth Survey Now Offers Access to Reviews of Local Maternity Care Providers and Facilities.
Raleigh, NC April 28th, 2009 —CIMS, the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, a group working toward transparency in maternity care, today announced that consumer survey results rating [...]
Posted in Chapter Update, Louisville-area events on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hope to see you at Birth Care Network’s Birth in the Bluegrass on June 13th. ICAN of Louisville will be there, so please stop by and introduce yourself.
Posted in April is Cesarean Awareness Month on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Go viral!
Visit ICAN of Louisville on Facebook. Use your MySpace, Twitter, and Facebook accounts to share ICAN event info, studies, new stories, etc.
Blog! And comment on others’ blog entries.
Posted in April is Cesarean Awareness Month on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take time to sit and write a letter to any OB you’ve seen for care in your life. Let him/her know how important cesarean prevention, especially when encouraged from a woman’s care provider. Explain your desire to see VBAC become commonplace in our area, and encourage him/her to practice use evidence-based medicine and research when [...]
Posted in In the news / Releases, cesarean risks on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Death twice as likely by caesarean
Kate Benson Medical Reporter
April 4, 2008
BABIES born by elective caesarean are almost 2½ times more likely to die within their first month than babies born vaginally, researchers have found, adding weight to the argument that caesareans should only be carried out in emergencies.
The study, which involved more than 8 million [...]
Posted in April is Cesarean Awareness Month on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Write thank you notes to VBAC-friendly doctors and midwives in the area. Thank them for being supportive of normal birth after a cesarean, and for giving local women the option to choose a safer start for their children.
If you’d like help compiling your list of VBAC-friendly providers, feel free to contact us.
Posted in April is Cesarean Awareness Month on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take The Birth Survery — and encourage others to do so as well.
Posted in Chapter Update, ICAN news on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jerry Abramson, Mayor of Louisville, signed a proclamation declaring April as Cesarean Awareness Month.
Join us at our April meeting to learn how you can observe Cesarean Awareness Month.
