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Category Archives: Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
Happy Birth Day Birth Survey!
Come join the weekend fun as we mark the one year anniversary of the national launch of The Birth Survey!? Starting now and ending at midnight on Sunday (Eastern), we will be giving away “door” prizes and other fun things.? … Continue reading
Midwives Organizing for Mothers (M.O.M.)
From Citizens for Midwifery (CfM): Midwives Organizing for Mothers (M.O.M.) is a new national campaign to raise awareness and secure a place for Certified Professional Midwives in our health care system. Spearheaded by the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives … Continue reading
Birth Survey Results Are LIVE!
After months of?collecting?surveys, which is still ongoing, the results from the Birth Survey are now LIVE. ?Click on the Connect button to be taken to the spot where you can look at the satisfaction rates of midwives, doctors and facilities … Continue reading
CIMS The Birth Survey Ambassador Training- Come learn to make The Birth Survey a success in your community
Calling All Maternity Care Activists! Enjoy a Family Vacation and Reinvigorate Your Birth Activism! You are invited to attend the “CIMS Grassroots Advocates Ambassador Training for The Birth Survey” and become a project ambassador at the CIMS Forum in Orlando, Florida.
Interested in gathering obstetric intervention rates for the hospitals and birth centers in your area? Become a GAC STATS Ambassador and work with us to collect obstetric intervention data at the facility level for all 50 states. The public has the right to know what is happening in our hospitals. We will provide you with the support, tools and guidance you will need to connect with the right people in your state, access the data, and get the data out to the public.
Want to help spread the word in your community about The Birth Survey ? A consumer feedback tool similar to “Angie’s List” or “Consumer Reports,” but for maternity care where women provide and view feedback on specific doctors, midwives, hospitals and birth centers in their local community. Join the GAC Marketing Ambassadors and help make The Birth Survey a success in your area. We’ll provide you with marketing tools and materials designed to engage the public and generate excitement.
If these activities are of interest to you, please come to the GAC Ambassador Training at the CIMS Forum. Thursday, March 6th from 9am-3pm in Orlando, Florida. See attached pdf flier. Register at http://www.motherfriendly.org/events/index.shtml.
Scholarships: A limited number of need-based full registration scholarships are available for the forum and training. Apply online for a scholarship by clicking http://www.thebirthsurvey.com/survey/index.php?sid=5&newtest=Y.
CIMS Forum: To learn more about CIMS, the 2008 Forum, and to register for the CIMS Forum and the included GAC Ambassador Training please visit http://www.motherfriendly.org.
For more information on the GAC Ambassador Training and The Birth Survey visit www.thebirthsurvey.com or email info@thebirthsurvey.com.
Please pass this anouncement along to other interested activists, list serves, etc. Thank you and we hope to see you at the CIMS 2008 GAC Ambassador Training
- CIMS Grassroots Advoactes Committee
New York Healthy Birth Fair
Hats off to Elan McAllister and her crew of Choices in Childbirth (CIC) volunteers for pulling off the most amazing birth fair on Saturday.
In addition to being the launching pad for the Transparency in Maternity Care project of CIMS, CIC was able to dsitribute their new second annual New York Guide to a Healthy Birth. This new guide is chock full of great information for pregnant families.
Karen Brody’s BOLD Red Tent was pretty incredible, too! The pregnant Moms seemed to love this sacred space where they could share birth stories, receive a massage, or do some yoga poses.
We all have so much work to do to improve maternity care! It was really inspirational to be able to participate in this step in the right direction.
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One Last Post From Union Square
Getting ready to wrap up our fabulous launch of the CIMS Transparency in Maternity Care project, www.thebirthsurvey.com.
The women who live and birth in the five burroughs of NYC are among the luckiest of women in the USA!
I hope that you all will consider helping us make this project available in every community across the country. Email us at: cimsgrassroots@yahoo.com.
Thank you for tuning in today!
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Making lots of connections…
Looks like we have given away over 2000 postcards about www.TheBirthSurvey.com in the last few hours. We’re getting really positive feedback about the idea of a “Consumer Reports” of birth providers.
This project is for everyone! A few interesting anecdotes:
A new Dad was out browsing the fair and he inquired about the birth survey.com. Concerned about some of the interventions that occurred during the birth of his now two-month old child, he wanted to know if he could sit and take the survey on behalf of his wife and baby (who were home napping). Hmmm…we hadnt thought of that!
It’s almost 1:00 p.m.
Union Sqaure is overrun with birth activists!! Unbelievable birth fair. Giant RED TENT beautifully furnished with couches, puffy chairs, and pillows all courtesy of ABC Carpets in NYC. We’ve had belly dancers filling the open space between the 40-plus exhibit tables. Women are now telling birth stories into a mic amplified throughout the park. Elan has thought of everything — we even have a 10 foot uterus for women and children to climb into!
We’ve given away hundreds of birth survey postcards…women are very enthusiastic about the project!
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The sun is shining a bright light on transparency!
Michelle Kendell and I arrived this morning in NYC at 8:00 a.m. Perfect day! 70 degrees and sunny. One of the few variables that we had no control over and it worked just perfectly. Must be a good omen.
Union Square is already buzzing with activity for the weekly Farmer’s Market. Elan McAllister’s apartment is located right off Union Square, and we’re about to begin loading all the boxes with thousands of Birth Guides, flyers, cool t-shirts and all the stuff to create the Red Tent.
Check in later…