April Powerful Birth Group Gathering

April 15th is tax day! Yuck! But if you want something fun to look forward to that day you need to come to the Powerful Birth Group gathering! It is at 10:00am.

April is Cesarean Awarness month and we will have Pam Udy leading our discussion. She will talk about preventing unnessasary cesareans, preparing for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), and support.

Pam has been a member of ICAN’s (International Cesarean Awarness Network) Board of Directors since 1999, and served as president. Pam has experience supporting, educating, and encouraging moms; those who are seeking to avoid a cesarean, those recovering from cesarean, and those who are searching a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Pam is a personal experience expert, having had two cesareans followed by three vaginal births. She believes women have the right to divine inspiration regarding their pregnancies and births.

Pam is well published and has been quoted in national newspapers. She have been interviewed on radio programs. She has done presentations all over the country. People pay money to listen to what she has to offer them. This is a GREAT opportunity to sit with her in my living room for free and hear her words inspire and help you to achieve a normal, vaginal birth. I am so excited!

Please tell your friends! Comment if you have an idea of numbers that are coming so I can be prepared. Comment, also, if you have a question you would like answered. Thanks!

C-sections are a global problem

The c-section rates are rising around the globe. Read here.

What a DIFFERENCE!!!

Cesarean vs. VBAC: A Dramatic Difference from Alexandra Orchard on Vimeo.

Consent

I liked this.

C-Section

Cesareans DO have risks. Thanks for sharing, Pam.

Click HERE
Be sure to click on the art work in the article. It is profound.

Rising Cesarean Rate in the U.S.

I thought this was a great article about the rising cesarean rate in the United States.

Celebs and Cesareans

What is with SO MANY celebrities choosing to have their babies “via c-section”? I started looking around online and was surprised at how many I found! I noticed that a majority delivered at the same hospital in L.A. I only found a few that had their babies the “old fashioned way”. Why would they choose this? They have lots of money and resources, right? Isn't a cesarean usually the last resort? The wheels in my head began to turn and I think I may have figured some of it out, maybe. I thought about some of the risks or set backs to having a c-section and then thought about why a celeb might not be bothered by it.

• The scar. What do they care? They will have plastic surgery.
• The longer recovery. What do they care? The nanny is there to take care of the baby.
• The pain. What do they care? They can go to rehab again when they get addicted to the painkillers.
• The lack of labor. Oh, you mean the lack of sweating and not looking ready for a photo shoot?
• More breastfeeding challenges. Come on. Who does that any more?
• Possible premature baby. Really, I don’t want my baby to be “fat”.
• Missing the last week or two of your pregnancy. Do you mean missing the last week or two of getting more stretch marks?

Another Possible Bad Side Effect of C-section?

Read here.

Breech?

I thought this was interesting. A c-section was done for a breech baby, that "turned" out not to be breech. Click here.

Ouch!

How can this mom take care of her newborn? What a horrible recovery.