pamela on Aug 05 2008 | Filed under: births, vbac
My dear friend Megan is in labor! This is her third baby, her second HBAC (homebirth after cesarean). We are excited to meet her little girl - she’s working hard in the water right now…keep her in your thoughts!
UPDATE! Ms. Ivy Persephone emerged, underwater, into her mother’s hands after three hours of hard, […]
pamela on Jul 08 2008 | Filed under: births, vbac
VBAC mama birthed her 7lb 1oz baby girl into her own hands after 42 hours of labor yesterday afternoon.
First-time mama birthed her 7lb 4oz baby girl into her partner’s hands under the water this afternoon. It was 23 hours since the birth yesterday.
Busy time!
The response to my call for a new apprentice has been overwhelming. […]
pamela on Apr 02 2008 | Filed under: birth activism, evidence-based research, good websites, lactivism, media, vbac
If you haven’t been to this website, you might want to check it out.
It’s pretty comprehensive on timely birth issues.
pamela on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: articles, evidence-based research, vbac
Rixa has a great post written on her blog based on a recent (Obstetrics & Gynecology) Green Journal article entitled Cost-Effectiveness of Elective Repeast Cesarean Delivery After One Prior Low Transverse Cesarean.
Thanks to a ♥ special client ♥ that initially forwarded the journal abstract to me.
pamela on Apr 01 2008 | Filed under: cesarean awareness, vbac
Here is a great post on The Trial of Labor blog about Cesarean Awareness Month.
spamelita on Sep 12 2007 | Filed under: research, vbac
This was sent to me recently by someone online. I remember reading this somewhere a couple years ago (maybe more?) but I cannot find who wrote it. Anyone?
Ruptures are also more common than dying in a plane crash. Henci Goer’s review of the literature on VBACs found 46 ruptures in 15,154 labors. This […]
spamelita on Jul 29 2007 | Filed under: birth story, vbac
she called me at around 1am to say her water broke…I could hear on the phone that contractions were starting up fast and furious right away.
we arrived at her house at 2.35am (the disadvantage of hiring a midwife an hour away) and by 3.30am she was pushing. her ten pound baby girl slipped into […]
spamelita on Jul 26 2007 | Filed under: vbac
I’m so looking forward to her birth and that beautiful baby of hers - and how her big sister transitions!
spamelita on Jul 21 2007 | Filed under: fatphobia, midwife practice, vbac
I currently have three clients that are expecting babies anytime now.
One is a woman who I’ve known online for a number of years and have spoken to on the phone regarding birth related issues. Her own midwife is not only going on vacation around her due date but is starting to grow increasingly less […]
