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VBAC Facts® : Consulting
Mother planning a VBAC: “Am I making the right choice?”
How a husband went from pro-cesarean to pro-VBAC
Birth intervals & uterine rupture aka how long to wait to VBAC
"No one can force you to have a cesarean" is false
Where Rinat Dray’s forced cesarean lawsuit stands and what every birth professional should know
Do epidurals during planned VBACs mask uterine rupture pain or delay its diagnosis?
Free Report: Top 5 Uterine Rupture Myths
Free Handout: 3 Surprising Things ACOG Says About VBAC
Free Checklist: The 5 Simple Steps to Planning a Victorious VBAC
Free Handout: New study reveals surprising truths behind the top three VBAC calculators
VBAC Facts® Professional Membership
The Truth About VBAC™ for Families
VBAC Facts®: Courses
VBAC Facts® BIPOC Scholarship Fund
VBAC Facts®: Speaking
Vaginal birth after classical incision: The true story behind the often cited 4-9% uterine rupture rate
What birthing families need to know about VBAC after a classical or T/J incision
“Hospitals offering VBAC are required to have 24/7 anesthesia” is false
Eleven things to love about ACOG’s 2017 VBAC Guidelines
‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence
In South L.A., turning to Black midwives to give birth
California Order re: Vaccinations & Hospital Visitors, Aug, 5, 2021
A Personal History of the C-Section
Too Bad We Can't Just "Ban" Accreta-The Downstream Consequences of VBAC Bans
Best Hospitals for Maternity: Data Collection Begins
Myth: VBACs should never be induced
Induction is wrong, wrong, wrong… wait, what?
Mansplaining video
Please don’t call my cesarean a “cesarean birth”
Having a kid is probably my biggest life regret: ‘Wife concurs’
Taking Race Out of an Equation for Childbirth
Protect VBAC with California Licensed Midwives
Free Training: Black Birth Joy: Honoring Black Birth Justice Organizations and the Lives They Impact
Testify to the California legislature that the time has come for California Licensed Midwives to have their own regulatory board
It’s always political. Lessons from the Basecamp fiasco.
No, It Wasn’t Messy and 6 Other Home Birth Truths.
Brooklyn Doctor Under Investigation in Sha-asia Washington’s Death During Childbirth
Opposition to Criminalization of Individuals During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction
Kay Isaac Indignation Salvadore
One mother’s fight on ‘the front lines of a revolution’ to save Black mothers, babies BY ANNA SPOERRE Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/article248873664.html#storylink=cpy
One mother’s fight on ‘the front lines of a revolution’ to save Black mothers, babies Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/article248873664.html#storylink=cpy
Learn more about pre eclampsia
Can we eat to starve cancer
Small-Bowel Obstruction
National Vital Statistics Reports: Births: Final Data for 2018
Expertise is Not Social Justice: Reflecting on the “Ob*sity Epidemic”
The Underappreciation of Rest in Today’s Society
Hysterectomy overuse on the Lown Index
'Useful Delusions' Examines How Beliefs Can Be Powerful In Positive And Negative Ways
Generational trauma can change the brain circuitry of an unborn baby
Did New York let doctors get away with sexual misconduct?
Accreta spectrum disorder tied to increased risk of PTSD
Tatyana Ali Knows Black Moms Deserve Better Than Her Own Traumatic Birth Story
Birth intervals & uterine rupture aka how long to wait to VBAC
Women Tending to Their Basic Needs Is Not Self-Care
UCLA Midwifery Town Hall
Too Bad We Can't Just "Ban" Accreta-The Downstream Consequences of VBAC Bans
The First Three Steps: How White Perinatal Professionals Can Support BIPOC Birthing People
Episiotomies Still Common In Some Hospitals
Four loaded words that may sting VBAC hopeful parents
These Black Midwives Opened A South LA Facility With The Goal Of 'Empowered' Births
Jen’s interview with Finding Your Village Podcast with Amanda Gorman
DONATE: South LA Birth Center
Forever Connected: The Lifelong Biological Consequences of Fetomaternal and Maternofetal Microchimerism
Finding VBAC statistics for your hospital and state
The Separate and Unequal Health System' Highlighted By COVID-19
How A Lack Of Data On COVID-19 Vaccines Affects Pregnant People
Refusal of Medically Recommended Treatment During Pregnancy
Uterine rupture survival story teaches two lessons
Indiana University Health Responds to Black Doctor's Video of COVID Treatment: Nursing Team 'May Have Been Intimidated'
Revered doctor steps down, accusing Seattle Children’s Hospital of racism
More babies could be delivered at home | READER COMMENTARY
39-Week nulliparous inductions are not elective
Labor Induction versus Expectant Management in Low-Risk Nulliparous Women
Pulse Oximeter Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients
Pilot Program Would Allow Tricare to Cover Doulas, Lactation Consultants
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta
Breast Milk Shows Promise for Treating COVID-19 and Protecting Babies
Amicus Briefs Filed in Support of Rinat Dray in Her Ongoing Fight For Justice
What would you pay to feel safe during childbirth?
Dear White People: Here Are 5 Uncomfortable Truths Black Colleagues Need You To Know
Stillbirths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in England, April-June 2020
‘Women feel they have no option but to give birth alone’: the rise of freebirthing
Doulas are essential petition
News Report-Delayed Umbilical cord clamping
Survey-Tell Us About Your Childbirth Experience
I’m A Doctor, And I’m Failing My Patients. Here’s What Forced Me To Recognize That.
Mount Sinai among 3 hospital systems under investigation for pregnant women drug testing practices
Do epidurals during planned VBACs mask uterine rupture pain or delay its diagnosis?
Four loaded words that may sting VBAC hopeful parents
Eating just ONE egg a day increases your risk of diabetes by 60 per cent, study warns
One egg a day 'LOWERS your risk of type 2 diabetes': Controversial study says it promotes fatty acids that protect you from the disease
Constructing the Modern American Midwife: White Supremacy and White Feminism Collide
VBAC 101: Deciding if vaginal birth after cesarean is right for you
‘ How Babies Come into This World Matters for All of Us’
A researcher in Minneapolis is exploring the impact police violence could be having on pregnant Black women and their babies.
Cesarean Delivery and Gender of Delivering Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
New Hotline Aims to Support Black Moms
New Estimates for Breast Cancer Risk With HRT
A New Hippocratic Oath Asks Doctors To Fight Racial Injustice And Misinformation
Discussion: Why do Black people return to white racist midwives?
Myth: Risk of uterine rupture doesn’t change much after a cesarean
28-Minute VBAC Primer for Cesarean Parents (Jen on Whole Mother Radio)
Women Are Deciding Not to Have Babies Because of the Pandemic. That’s Bad for All of Us
The three biggest concerns with ACOG’s VBAC Guidelines
The First Three Steps: How White Perinatal Professionals Can Support BIPOC Birthing People
Free Training: How to be a healthcare antiracist
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Can you feel a uterine rupture with an epidural?
Calling women who plan home VBACs “stupid” misses the point
“No one can force you to have a cesarean” is false
New study reveals surprising truths behind the top three VBAC calculators
Finding a VBAC Supportive OB or Midwife
New study reveals surprising truths behind the top three VBAC calculators
Californians for the Advancement of Midwifery
Thoughts on VBAC after three or more prior cesareans
“Hospitals offering VBAC are required to have 24/7 anesthesia” is false
Birth intervals & uterine rupture aka how long to wait to VBAC
Uterine rupture survival story teaches two lessons
Does VBAC after more than one prior cesarean pose an increased risk? YES.
How can one support VBAC after witnessing a uterine rupture?
VBAC Facts on Uterine Rupture
Black Women Turn to Midwives to Avoid COVID and ‘Feel Cared For’
On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities
Ask the governor to veto SB 1237!
Tell The VBAC Link to do the right thing
How to Advocate for Yourself as a Pregnant Black Woman
Too Bad We Can't Just "Ban" Accreta-The Downstream Consequences of VBAC Bans
SB 1237 analysis written by three Black-led organizations
Call your Assembly member and urge them to vote NO on SB 1237
See if your assemblyperson is a member of the Appropriations Committee so you can ask them to vote NO on SB 1237
I use to feel a lot of judgement ...
SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Comorbidities, and Pregnancy Outcomes
Characteristics and Outcomes of 241 Births to Women With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection at Five New York City Medical Centers
From Cities to Suburbs
Full video
Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum
How a husband went from pro-cesarean to pro-VBAC
Op-Ed: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: How to sustain momentum for the anti-racism movement
False comparison: Fatal car accidents and VBAC
Twitter
Setting a legal standard for affirmative consent in childbirth
Haize Hawke Rosen Go Fund Me
Why Race Matters: A Letter from the Dean
Response to NYT Op-Ed “Don’t Be Afraid of Giving Birth in a New York Hospital.”
ECV
Many Medical Decision Tools Disadvantage Black Patients
'Implicit bias' prevents black women from receiving proper health care; Patients R Waiting vows to change that
A Hospital’s Secret Coronavirus Policy Separated Native American Mothers From Their Newborns
Understanding Systemic Racism in Maternity Care: The Voices of Black Researchers
If you really want to understand, watch to the last second
The Royal College of Midwives
7 Ways We Know Systemic Racism Is Real
Free training: Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News offered by Common Sense Media
Everyone deserves bias free care
U.S. Coronavirus Advice Is Failing Pregnant Women
PRIORITY: Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes Registry
Promoting shared decision-making and transparency for birthing people during COVID-19
Reveal: Reproducing Racism on Apple Podcasts
3 Black Female ER Doctors Launch Free Telehealth Service For Marginalized Communities To Deal With COVID-19
Women’s reproductive health and “failure speak”
Black Women Are Hit Hardest by Fibroid Tumors
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE
Shared Decision Making
As COVID-19 sweeps through the Navajo Nation, a hospital is accused of endangering lives
Prominent Manhattan E.R. doctor on coronavirus front lines kills herself
NYC Well talk text chat 24/7
Group Peer Support
'I started shouting at the midwives': the stress of giving birth under lockdown
New York Launches a COVID-19 Maternity Task Force to Support Expectant Mothers
Massachusetts mothers need more childbirth options
Birth Centers Are Crucial for Communities of Color, Especially in a Pandemic
Where do women birth during a pandemic?
Jada Pinkett-Smith Wants You To Chill With The Negative Self-Talk
P&G GOES FROM ‘THE TALK’ TO ‘THE LOOK’ TO ILLUSTRATE THE UNCONSCIOUS BIAS THAT PLAGUES BLACK MEN
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy
14 Misconceptions About Domestic Violence
“We Are Constantly Warned Not to Speak Negatively”: Hospitals Crack Down on COVID-19 Complaints
N.J. hospital is 1st in U.S to try placenta therapy on critically ill coronavirus patient
Almonte General Hospital requests all women in labour have an epidural to curb spread of COVID-19
You’re Black and Pregnant. What Should Your Birth Plan Actually Look Like?
Pregnant women are concerned about hospital births in light of coronavirus outbreaks and little information about how it might affect them
COVID-19 FAQs for Obstetrician-Gynecologists, Obstetrics
On My Departure From Hospital-Based Birth: A Reflection
Pediatricians say racism is devastating to Black children—let’s get to the root cause
Jumpstart Team VBAC Facts
Women Burned by Quick fix for heavy periods
Trauma Informed Care in Community Midwifery
Rural America Has a Maternal Mortality Problem. Midwives Might Help Solve It.
VBAC Facts Courses
White Doulas, We Need to Understand White Supremacy to Organize Against It
Overdose and suicide among top causes of death for new moms in California, study finds
Please don’t call my cesarean a “cesarean birth”
In Uganda, mothers in labour die amidst coronavirus lockdown
Free Public Webinar Offering Labor After Cesarean During COVID-19: Why it is More Important Than Ever
What you can do to fight racism in maternity care
C-sections can cause infertility. Mine did
Black Mamas Can Thrive During Childbirth, COVID-19 Or Not
I'm an OB/GYN who attended thousands of deliveries before wondering why Americans give birth in bed
When I had my miscarriage
7 Symptoms Every Pregnant Woman Should Know
Breech Babies Don’t Always Require C-Sections
Coronavirus: Pregnant women not at greater risk, experts say
COVID-19 Is No Reason to Abandon Pregnant People
Implicit bias education won’t help as much as this
Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day
Coronavirus Disease 2019 COVID-19
Dear daughter: Be loud, take up space—your voice matters
It's Time We Start Better Supporting Pregnancy Loss in the Emergency Room
This Is What Periods Look Like For Women Around The World
Too Bad We Can't Just "Ban" Accreta-The Downstream Consequences of VBAC Bans
‘Shifting the Culture of Care’: A Q&A With Chanel Porchia-Albert, Founder of Doula Collective Ancient Song
Response to OB: Scare Tactics vs Informed Consent aka why I started this website
Where the Rinat Dray forced cesarean lawsuit stands right now
Practice Advisory: Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
To the Mama who doesn’t have a village
California midwives NARM prep
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OB-GYN Accused of Negligence After Mom Dies Hours After Giving Birth
As Menopause Nears, Be Aware It Can Trigger Depression And Anxiety, Too
This Routine Gyno Procedure Could Mean You Never Orgasm Again
What Pregnant Women Should Know About Coronavirus
Pregnant Oregonians face giving birth without doulas, extended family during the coronavirus crisis
New Study Finds Moms Feel Guilty About Almost Everything
The U.S. Rate of Vaginal Birth After C-Section Is Increasing, CDC Data Finds
I'm pregnant, I have coronavirus and I'm shocked at how badly the UK has handled it
How the concept of forgiveness is used to gaslight women
Calling women who plan home VBACs “stupid” misses the point
Rebecca Polston
Video
NY Dept of Health: HealthAdvisory:COVID-19GuidanceforHospitalOperatorsRegarding Visitation Updated Guidance regarding Obstetrical and Pediatric Settings
The men who lost their wives during childbirth
Pregnant Women Turn to Home Births to Escape Virus
“No one can force you to have a cesarean” is false
TeamSTEPPS® Helps St. Louis Hospital Keep C-Section Rate Low
This Is What Happens When You Support Pregnancy For Every Body
NARM Prep JumpStart: Insiders Guide for Student Midwives of Color
Pitocin Is Not Oxytocin – Blog | Kelly Brogan MD
Single vs Dual Layer Suturing Around the World
The U.S. Gave Troubled Doctors a Second Chance. Patients Paid the Price.
Pregnant Behind Bars
Alaska Birth Collective
Transparency, Compassion, and Truth in Medical Errors: Leilani Schweitzer at TEDxUniversityofNevada
Childbirth in the Age of Opioid Addiction
Confronting Racial Bias in Maternal Deaths
Rural-Urban Differences In Severe Maternal Morbidity And Mortality In The US, 2007–15
Menstrual Cups Linked to Toxic Shock Syndrome
The Damaging Effect of Commenting on Pregnant Women’s Bodies
ICAN’s Giving Tuesday Fundraiser
This is What We Know...The Latest On The New PPD Drug, Zulresso
How Trillions of Microbes affect every stage of our life
To Heal From Trauma, You Have to Feel Your Feelings
Consent is a Life Skill
Four loaded words that may sting VBAC hopeful parents
Inside the unique role of midwives in New Mexico
I’m an OBGYN- and I didn’t recognize my Own Symptoms of Postpartum Depression
My Patient Almost Died From A Mistake I Made. I Apologized And It Changed My Life.
VBAC 101: Deciding if vaginal birth after cesarean is right for you
It Will Take More Than a $34,000 Drug to stop Postpartum Depression
We Need to Talk About PTSD in NICU Parents
A Hospital Explains Why They Ban VBAC
No one told me about the darkness
The mental load of motherhood is what I didn’t fully expect
California Association of Licensed Midwives
Pozitively Parker photos by EBU Photography
Rates of maternal mistreatment in the US are high across the board — especially for women of color
Science Update: Delayed Cord Clamping may benefit infant brain development
Supporting Sufferers of Birth Trauma: A Pitfall to Avoid
Four words to never say to VBAC hopeful parents
Motherhood and medicine should mix. So why is it such a struggle?
One Doctor’s ‘Awkward’ Decision To Write His Name On His Scrub Cap Is Changing Safety In Hospitals Around The World
Safe Space Radio: Child Abuse And
California Medical Board Proposed Legislation Prohibiting VBAC with Licensed Midwives
California faces a doctor shortage. But doctors just derailed a plan to fix it
What is Reproductive Coercion?
Becoming a mother has been 'struggle', Meghan says
My traumatic birth shaped the way I planned for my second delivery
Rate of maternal deaths in the US is rising; black women face higher risk
Birth Right Solutions
Dear C-Section Scar
Meghan Markle sparks debate at global obstetrics summit
MAWS needs your help to protect birth centers today!
New “interspecies communication” strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered
Jen Kamel On VBAC and the importance of birth options
OREGON MIDWIFERY COUNCIL 2020 SPRING CONFERENCE
Your experience with horizontal violence
I’m an Obstetrician. Giving Birth at Home Isn’t Irresponsible.
Unplanned Cesarean Birth After “Doing Everything Right”
Amazing twin placenta!
Charlottesville Firefighters team up with midwives to help make births safer
Mom Congress
Why Are Health Care Providers Slapping And Yelling At Mothers During Childbirth?
Post clipping alopecia and poor hair regrowth in pets
Google search vs medical degree
Natalie Portman Calls For Women To Embrace Their Mistakes: "F*Ck Up And Thrive, Sisters"
Another VBAC consult misinforms
Bill to require consent for pelvic exams on patients under anesthesia
A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections
New Study Uncovers the Heavy Financial Toll of Untreated Maternal Mental Health Conditions
NARM Prep JumpStart: Insiders Guide for Student Midwives of Color
Traveling for VBAC due to VBAC ban.
Exclusive: New evidence shows a patient warned Columbia University about OB-GYN's alleged sexual assault decades ago
How being a colorblind birth professional hurts your clients
This 'Uncommon' But Deadly Pregnancy Condition Is On The Rise
Tweet from Yamiche Alcindor
With the rising cesarean rate worldwide
Eleven things to love about ACOG’s 2017 VBAC Guidelines
Bias In Medicine: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Fallopian flushing technique helping women became pregnant
Indian female farmers going 'womb-less' to boost productivity
VBAC planning checklist
Midwife who ignored pregnant woman's request for pain relief in labour could be prosecuted
To lower maternal and infant mortality rates, we need more midwives
Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it.
A Norfolk doctor found a treatment for sepsis. Now he's trying to get the ICU world to listen.
Medicare Trims Payments To 800 Hospitals, Citing Patient Safety Incidents
Sticks and Stones- How Words Can Hurt Me {A better understanding of healthy birth affirmations.}
MetroDoctors January/February 2020 - Obstetrical Services Today
How often you hold your baby actually affects their DNA, study finds
Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.?
Facility CEO resigns after woman in vegetative state gives birth; new allegations emerge
Nurses’ Intuition Serves as Valuable Predictor of Patient Decline, Says Recent Study
Sperm Could Be a Bigger Factor in Miscarriages Than We've Been Led to Believe
Heroic Ebola Survivor Named Time Person of the Year Dies in Childbirth
The Dangerous Rise of the IUD as Poverty Cure
NARM Prep Jumpstart: Insiders' Guide for Student Midwives of Color
17 women sue Columbia University, its hospitals, claim "massive coverup" of doctor's sex abuse
Exploring the link between menopause and Alzheimer’s
The Mistake I Made With My Grieving Friend
Video-How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
Meet the midwife helping moms-to-be get affordable care
Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women
Insurance companies aren’t doctors. So why do we keep letting them practice medicine?
ACOG Committee Opinion Number 761
Op-Ed: NJ Needs Improved Tools to Help People Decide Best Place to Give Birth
Laughing gas for childbirth? More Chicago hospitals offering nitrous oxide to women in labor.
The black midwives changing care for women of color – photo essay
The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations
"In the new clinical trial, which measured bacterial diversity in the gut after 2 years from the intervention, the children had even more bacterial diversity and a steady presence of healthful bacteria. As for the health effects, the children saw a 58 pe
VBAC in the Face of Denial
Non-biological Mother’s can breastfeed thanks to induced lactation.
Surprising Evidence Suggests The Uterus Plays A Role In Cognition
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race
Arkansas Moms Sue Health Department
More than 20 women accused a prominent Pasadena obstetrician of mistreating them. He denied claims and was able to continue practicing
Some women feel fetal kicks years after they've given birth Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224235-some-women-feel-fetal-kicks-years-after-theyve-given-birth/#ixzz68xBmgsvU
One and Done: When Women Are Too Traumatized by Birth to Have More Kids
VBAC Access Guide
Racism Is The Root, Sustaining Cause Of Black Infant Mortality
We Asked All 2020 Presidential Candidates Their Plans to Address the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis
Joyous birth photography
Here’s What It’s Like To Live In A Country That Actually Cares About Mothers
Did you breastfeed?
My chat with the ACOG VP & CEO about VBAC
Trauma-Informed Care — Reflections of a Primary Care Doctor in the Week of the Kavanaugh Hearing
Home Birth Obstetrics
Celebs Go Dating's Anna Williamson claims having an elective Caesarean after her previous traumatic birth was the 'best money she's ever spent' - and they went without a new car and family holidays to pay the £10,000 bill
Myth: Risk of uterine rupture doesn’t change much after a cesarean
Placenta problems after multiple repeat cesareans
Moms of color say they’re terrified of dying in childbirth and no one is listening
Accreta spectrum disorder tied to increased risk of PTSD
Mom who hemorrhaged after birth gives warning to pregnant women
Thousands Seek End to Forced Cesareans in NY and Justice for Rinat Dray
Uterine rupture survival teaches two lessons
Top reason for CEO departures among largest companies is now misconduct, study finds
Brené Brown Global Read-along
What went viral this week: What everyone gets wrong about maternity leave + phone shaming parents
Arkansas judge denies request for midwife-rules stay
Why Don’t People Talk About Their Good Birth Stories?
Become a size-friendly provider
Please don’t call my cesarean a “cesarean birth”
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From 8 to 700 midwives in 8 years, South Sudan is making huge strides in saving mothers’ lives, with UNFPA support
Why I never want to know whether Meghan had a home Birth- and neither should you.