Comments on: Lightning strikes, shark bites & uterine rupture

By: Jen Kamel

Jen Kamel — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:17:33 +0000

Mumofar,

Thank you so much for all your kind words!

Warmly,

Jen

By: mumofar

mumofar — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:50:55 +0000

i just found this website but have been reading through different posts. i must say, i love you!
it is hard to find someone so balanced! i spent the whole day the other day being bullied by a bunch of extremists homebirthers who refused to believe any pro-hospital statistics and then had their own completly unsubtatntiated claims that they kept trying to force down my throat.
so, I am completely thrilled to find someone who is supportive of VBACs, realistic about the risks and able to comprehend that not all stats are equal and a critical mind must be used when approaching them. there’s so much work to do to look through the vast piles of information in this area and it’s so nice to have someone, and a website like this, to help!
you are my hero!! xxxxxxx

By: Onbirthing

Onbirthing — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:53:58 +0000

[...] Yet since the ACOG guidelines came out in 2004, more and more hospitals have refused to do VBACs. Today, nearly half of hospitals won’t do VBACs, either because the hospital has banned them or because doctors won’t do them. WHY?? All this for a less than 1% chance that something could go wrong. And what does a less than 1% chance mean exactly? [...]

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:02:42 +0000

Yes, great post! I’ve seen these things stated so many times and have never taken the time to look up the stats on this information–thank you for doing so! You’re right: misinformation is terrible no matter which way one looks at it.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:54:59 +0000

Great post, Jen! A great point of caution. I’ve seen this email many times. I’ve highlighted your post on the ICAN blog’s weekly feature “Best of the Birth Blogs” for this week (ending 8/23): http://ican-online.org/community/users/ican-blog/blog/best-birth-blogs-week-ending-august-23rd

All best,
Sarah

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