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Showing posts with label c-sections. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
Check out the new cesareanrates.com
While I've been busy being a blog-derelict, Jill over at the Unnecesarean has been busy starting an entirely new site to document and publicize cesarean rates in the U.S. It includes cesarean rates by state, and within each state by hospital (when they are available). It also has the most recent information available on VBAC bans (via ICAN). This is a really exciting project and I hope it will help place more pressure on states that do not make their rates regularly and publicly available. You can do your part (and learn very interesting facts about your local hospitals!) by visiting the site and - if you're not finding the information you need - use the contact info provided to let your state officials know that you would like cesarean rates documented. You can also submit pictures of your local hospitals to be included in the slide show on the first page!
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
A few links to start the New Year
Happy New Year! Here is a total mishmash (not even sorted! only sort of related!) of interesting links for your enjoyment. It feels good to start clearing out my starred list in Google Reader, at least!
Many perspectives on why to have a doula for your homebirth (and a few on why you might not have one).
Doulas serving the expat community (as well as locals) in South Korea
The Well-Rounded Mama posts a list of obesity and birth/breastfeeding research on her Christmas wish list. Any public health peeps out there want to get on it?
The amazing Cathy Genna has a page on tongue tie including pictures and posterior tongue ties.
One mother's struggle with getting her daughter's tongue tie (and lip tie) properly diagnosed and treated - she ended up traveling to Dr. Kotlow to get treatment. "My prayer is that it will not always be this difficult for tongue-tied babies and their mothers. It should not require so much time and so many resources to simply feed your baby."
Interesting and varied responses to the updated UK guidelines on c-section availability.
Knit your own baby-wearing coat extender!
A post on cultural issues and breastfeeding, specifically on diet. My preferred way to deal with this (right now) so as not to contradict any breastfeeding cultural traditions: when people ask me if there are foods they should eat/not eat, I say "Every culture seems to have their own foods that they say are good or bad!" and then I name some examples. Hispanic mothers are often surprised to hear that Americans think broccoli is bad, for instance. I say "If there are foods that your culture thinks are good or bad, then go ahead and do what is recommended. Unless you hate the food! Then you don't have to eat it."
Many perspectives on why to have a doula for your homebirth (and a few on why you might not have one).
Doulas serving the expat community (as well as locals) in South Korea
The Well-Rounded Mama posts a list of obesity and birth/breastfeeding research on her Christmas wish list. Any public health peeps out there want to get on it?
The amazing Cathy Genna has a page on tongue tie including pictures and posterior tongue ties.
One mother's struggle with getting her daughter's tongue tie (and lip tie) properly diagnosed and treated - she ended up traveling to Dr. Kotlow to get treatment. "My prayer is that it will not always be this difficult for tongue-tied babies and their mothers. It should not require so much time and so many resources to simply feed your baby."
Interesting and varied responses to the updated UK guidelines on c-section availability.
Knit your own baby-wearing coat extender!
A post on cultural issues and breastfeeding, specifically on diet. My preferred way to deal with this (right now) so as not to contradict any breastfeeding cultural traditions: when people ask me if there are foods they should eat/not eat, I say "Every culture seems to have their own foods that they say are good or bad!" and then I name some examples. Hispanic mothers are often surprised to hear that Americans think broccoli is bad, for instance. I say "If there are foods that your culture thinks are good or bad, then go ahead and do what is recommended. Unless you hate the food! Then you don't have to eat it."
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Linky goodness: to VBAC or not to VBAC, birth videos, and more!
Time to clear out the starred posts in my blog reader! Sorry, some of them are a few weeks old but of course, still great:
Robin Marty of RH Reality Check on the many reasons she's choosing an elective repeat c-section over a VBAC attempt.
Birth Sense introduces you to the handsome, charming Dr. Justin Case.
Video of baby born in the caul, via Homebirth: A Midwife Mutiny.
Video of frank breech home birth via Gloria Lemay.
Dou-la-la channels Don Draper in explaining why those nice formula companies are so darned excited about breastfeeding.
Why African Babies Don't Cry, via Blacktating.
Mom's Tinfoil Hat linked to a post on abortion and parental notification laws that, very sadly, is no longer up (the author decided to make posts about her work private - I struggle with walking the same line, and totally understand). However, you can still read an excerpt and a long comment from the author in MomTFH's post.
Not birth-related, but something that really touched me to see today: Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project: a collection of videos of adults telling gay teenagers that high school ends and their lives will improve. Read an interview with Dan Savage here, including the reason he decided to start this project.
Robin Marty of RH Reality Check on the many reasons she's choosing an elective repeat c-section over a VBAC attempt.
Birth Sense introduces you to the handsome, charming Dr. Justin Case.
Video of baby born in the caul, via Homebirth: A Midwife Mutiny.
Video of frank breech home birth via Gloria Lemay.
Dou-la-la channels Don Draper in explaining why those nice formula companies are so darned excited about breastfeeding.
Why African Babies Don't Cry, via Blacktating.
Mom's Tinfoil Hat linked to a post on abortion and parental notification laws that, very sadly, is no longer up (the author decided to make posts about her work private - I struggle with walking the same line, and totally understand). However, you can still read an excerpt and a long comment from the author in MomTFH's post.
Not birth-related, but something that really touched me to see today: Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project: a collection of videos of adults telling gay teenagers that high school ends and their lives will improve. Read an interview with Dan Savage here, including the reason he decided to start this project.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
I'm on a (posting) roll! Midwives posting their stats for the world to see
Apparently I'm on a posting roll tonight...
Did you know that CBS Midwifery in Manhattan posts all their stats for the previous year? An excerpt from 2009's:
Vaginal deliveries 80 = 88%
Normal spontaneous vaginal 76= 95%
Vacuum extraction 4 = 5%
Vaginal births after previous C/S 8 successful out of 9 attempts = 88%
Furthermore, they deliver babies at the in-hospital birth center at St. Luke's Roosevelt. A common complaint I have heard from doulas is that their clients expect to use the birth center, and are either risked out before labor ever begins, and sometimes during labor and then they are sent to L&D. Or they get there and are told the birth center is full. So I liked even more that the midwives make that piece transparent too:
Women who wanted Birth Center and were eligible at term = 68
43 - delivered Birth Center = 63%
24 - Transferred to Labor & Delivery in labor = 35%
1- Birth Center full- had to deliver on L&D = 2%
They also provide stats on degrees of perineal trauma, meds, reasons for c-sections...
Imagine if every practice did this! How amazing would it be to be able to compare this information when looking for a care provider?
What are practices out there that you know of that make some or most of their stats available to consumers?
Did you know that CBS Midwifery in Manhattan posts all their stats for the previous year? An excerpt from 2009's:
Vaginal deliveries 80 = 88%
Normal spontaneous vaginal 76= 95%
Vacuum extraction 4 = 5%
Vaginal births after previous C/S 8 successful out of 9 attempts = 88%
Furthermore, they deliver babies at the in-hospital birth center at St. Luke's Roosevelt. A common complaint I have heard from doulas is that their clients expect to use the birth center, and are either risked out before labor ever begins, and sometimes during labor and then they are sent to L&D. Or they get there and are told the birth center is full. So I liked even more that the midwives make that piece transparent too:
Women who wanted Birth Center and were eligible at term = 68
43 - delivered Birth Center = 63%
24 - Transferred to Labor & Delivery in labor = 35%
1- Birth Center full- had to deliver on L&D = 2%
They also provide stats on degrees of perineal trauma, meds, reasons for c-sections...
Imagine if every practice did this! How amazing would it be to be able to compare this information when looking for a care provider?
What are practices out there that you know of that make some or most of their stats available to consumers?
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