The VBAC Blog

Iowa’s Cesarean Numbers Climb to All-Time High
“Houchins blames the higher number of c-sections on the choice of many doctors to avoid the vaginal-birth-after-cesarean method (VBAC).”

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Secondary Cesarean Sections Pose Risk Factors
“Doctors warn most expectant mothers with a previous Cesarean section about the risks of vaginal birth following a Cesarean (VBAC) but not about the risks of multiple Cesarean sections both to mother or her baby.”

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Birth by surgery: The skyrocketing cesarean rate
“Two weeks before Kristi Ashley gave birth to a son in 2007, an ultrasound exam estimated the baby at a hefty 12 pounds, 10 ounces — too big, her doctor believed, for a safe vaginal delivery. After the child weighed in at 9 pounds, 4 ounces in the delivery room…”

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C-section births fall
“North Adams Regional Hospital performs significantly fewer c-sections than other hospitals around the state…”

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Need for transparency increases as Cesarean section rates rise
“Research conducted by the World Health Organization shows that these risks of cesarean outweigh the benefits when the c-section rate exceeds 15%.”

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C-Section horror
When doctors wait too long to operate. This occurred in South Africa.

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High blood pressure killed Chandra after C-section
“Shortly after a C-section to deliver her son, Chandra Mahabir’s blood pressure raised to such a high level that she suffered blood clots in her lungs and pressure on the brain causing her to die”, an autopsy revealed.

Encourage Washington Regional Medical Center to reverse their ban on VBAC

Research proves Vaginal Birth After Cesarean to be safer for mom and baby than repeat cesarean!

Show your support on:

Friday, April 17th at noon
Gordon Long Park
2800 N. Gregg
Fayetteville, Arkansas

*If possible, please bring a sign of support to the rally. A limited quantity of signs will be available.*

For more information about this or future Rallies for Willow Creek, Northwest (in Bentonville), and Mercy Medical Center please visit: http://www.arkansasVBACcoalition.com

Volunteers are needed for all events. Please email help@arkansasVBACcoalition.com if you’re interested in helping!

Please forward this email to everyone you know. This issue affects everyone, either directly or indirectly.

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We hope to see you there!
Aly Kirkpatrick
Chapter Leader, NW Arkansas ICAN
HBAC

http://www.ican-online.org

Click HERE and read both of the top articles.

Here’s a snippet:

In perhaps hundreds of these cases, the children have all the classic symptoms of regressive autism; following vaccination a perfectly healthy child experiences high fever, seizures, and other illnesses, then gradually, over about three months, loses language, the ability to make eye contact, becomes “over-focused” and engages in stereotypical head banging and screaming and then suffers developmental delays characteristic of autism. Many of these children had received the autism diagnosis. Yet the radioactive word “autism” appears nowhere in the decision.

Instead the vaccine court Special Masters rest their judgments on their finding that the vaccines caused some generalized brain injury, mainly Encephalopathy/encephalitis (brain inflammation) or “seizure disorders” — conditions known to cause autism-like symptoms….

ALSO SEE: http://www.nvic.org/

I will probably harbor the guilt I feel for circumcising my three oldest boys for the rest of my life.  With our fourth (and last) boy, there was more information available for parents. And, I read one article in particular that said baby boys don’t need to “look like” their daddy or brothers. When they ask why theirs looks “different”, simply explain that the other boys and daddy had an operation to cut part of theirs off…and that the operation isn’t something that needs to be done anymore. The writer said your son will very likely thank you someday for not making him endure that!

Anyway, I had this information, too, when we made our decision. Thought you might want it, too:

Circumcision Removes Most Sensitive Parts of a boy’s penis:

http://www.livescience.com/health/070615_penis_sensitivity.html 

This is a great story! See:

http://parresa22.livejournal.com/1879.html?view=1367