Recently Pinned on Portland Mama Baby (on Pinterest)

Apr 222013
 

PinterestHere are six of my favorite recently pinned pregnancy and birth-related photos, articles, and blog posts:

  1. Nine Reasons Not To Carry Your Baby Facing Out
  2. VBAC after prior VBAC
  3. Group B Strep in Pregnancy: Evidence for Antibiotics and Alternatives
  4. Vaginal (Hospital) Birth of Triplets
  5. A Nice Photo of a Diamniotic/Dichorionic Placenta
  6. Childbirth and the Language we Use: Does it Really Matter?

Which one is your favorite? If you’d like to point me in the direction of your blog, Pinterest board, Twitter, or Facebook page, please add your URL to your comment.

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VBAC and VBAMC Policies in Portland Area Hospitals

Apr 182012
 

Portland Area VBAC Policies Provided by ICAN

VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and VBAMC (Vaginal Birth After Multiple Cesarean) policy data provided and used with permission by Portland ICAN. All women are invited to ICAN meetings – I recently had a conversation with a leader at ICAN about encouraging more first-time Mamas to go to the ICAN meetings to learn how to prevent that first cesarean in to begin with. I think that’s a goal I can get behind! Don’t wait until you’ve been cut to learn about ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network). Learn everything you can because knowledge is power in birth!

[NB: I did read today that St. Vincent's has agreed to do VBA2C under certain circumstances, so their De Facto Ban may be changing soon]

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Portland Tri-County VBAC Statistics Provided by ICAN of Portland

Apr 122012
 
Portland Area Hospital VBAC Rates

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Thank you to ICAN of Portland for providing this data. I chose to highlight only the local hospitals, birthing centers, and home birth statistics for the purposes of this blog post, but if you are an Oregonian outside of the Portland Metro area, you can go to the full report and find your region and hospital.

ICAN of Portland is the local chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network. Their goal is to provide support to women who are recovering from a cesarean, women facing a medically necessary cesarean, or women searching for VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) information. ICAN of Portland has a face-to-face support group on the 3rd Monday of each month from 7-9 p.m. For more information, just fill out the ICAN contact form.

Here are the MamaBaby Center, we are planning a weekly month long VBAC class [4 sessions total] that will be offered twice a week: one daytime class for Mamas with a flexible schedule who can make a daytime meeting and one evening class each week to accommodate Mamas with a 9-5 work schedule.

Registration will begin May 15th for the July class. You’ll want to register early because there are some prerequisites for the class: you’ll have a short reading list and you’ll need to request and acquire your medical records and surgical summary for the first class. …more info is coming about the class and so is a registration form!

We’d love to help support you through your VBAC or HBAC or WBAC.

Our resident midwife, Tia, does attend VBAC births at home (check out the home birth VBAC stats above!!!)

You also have the option of laboring at home with one of our monitrice-doulas and delivering your baby in the hospital with a your monitrice-doula and your OB or nurse midwife.  

Ready to schedule a free consultation?

Please contact Kate [Kate @ PortlandMamaBabyCenter.com] or call the center [503-206-7715]. 

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