June 3, 2011 at 8:55 AM ·  “Meaning comes from knowing that your next move will have a consequence in your life”…what is the consequence from your moves today? – Shannon Mitchell

This is a re-release of an article I wrote several years ago.  The majority of the information still applies to all interactive support groups on the web.  When leaders from the ACOG community stand in front of a panel like the recent NIH VBAC Consensus Hearing and claim to be saving that “one baby” through repeat cesareans and setting an […]

“Once a Cesarean, Always a Cesarean” never rings more true than when referring to a child’s birth. Even though a mother may later go on to have a vaginal birth or future healthy pregnancies, there is no way to step back into our footsteps in the snow and change that day in surgery. Sometimes, coping […]

I’m never sure how people will take it when I mention Cesarean Awareness Month. It’s a toss up between ‘Huh’ and ‘Are you for cesareans’ or “I’m done having babies’ or ‘well, I had to have an emergency cesarean. I was induced and my babies heart rate…” most of the time. Almost alwayssome sort of […]