http://www.birthactivist.com bloggin' for better births Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:39:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Someone recommended that I read the Deadly Delivery report on maternal mortality by Amnesty International. It really was eye opening. Their key recommendations include: Health care providers should ensure that sufficient, accessible information is available to all women so that they can make informed decisions about their health ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/deadly-delivery/ With all this talk of VBAC and NIH, I didn't want you to forget about the Women's History blog carnival. Perhaps you found someone to write about who has inspired you, maybe even someone you met at NIH? Your childbirth class? Your birth? Submissions are due ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/dont-forget-the-blog-carnival/ If you’ve been listening to the news lately, you’ve probably heard a lot about vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). The NIH held a consensus meeting to decide what was appropriate in VBAC care. The general thought was that the overall VBAC rate should increase and that the rate ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/thoughts-on-informed-consent-refusal-and-vbac/ The draft version of the NIH VBAC Consensus statement is up at: http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/images/vbac/vbac_statement.pdf PR: wait... I: wait... L: wait... LD: wait... I: wait... wait... Rank: wait... Traffic: wait... Price: wait... C: wait... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/vbac-consensus-statement-draft/ Share What is it really like to be a hospital care provider attending VBACs? Janelle from Birth Sense describes it in this post submitted to the ICAN VBAC Blog Carnival. The whole post provides a very rational, no nonsense description of the actual problems that care providers face without an emotional "WE'RE ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/vbac-from-a-care-providers-perspective/ From The Feminist Breeder http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/vbac-varies-by-hospital-type/ This shows a slide from the NIH VBAC Consensus webcast, taken by Gina at The Feminist Breeder. It talks about how VBAC compares to other adverse outcomes in perinatal period. http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/adverse-outcomes-compared-to-vbac/ You can watch it at: http://consensus.nih.gov/2010/vbac.htm http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/nih-vbac-consensus-conference-is-live-now/ Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is a crucial option in maternity care today. I see VBAC as one of the key ways for us to attack the growing maternal mortality. Many people do not think about the cesarean rate as a two-part issue. There is the primary cesarean rate, the ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/vbac-is-vital/ Today the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released some much anticipated data regarding home birth from 1990 to 2006. Inside the released data, it showed an increasing trend in out of hospital births.  Home births rose about 5% from 1990 to 2005 and were steady in 2006.  About two thirds ... http://www.birthactivist.com/2010/03/cdc-releases-home-birth-data/