It’s always enlightening to get a copy of your medical records, specifically the records related to your child’s vaginal birth/cesarean section.  Often, women who are told that they needed a cesarean because their baby was in distress, find that the medical records do not reflect that diagnosis.  Moms frequently find that the “valid medical reason” [...]

Things are harder once you have a cesarean – limited future childbirth options, future potential complications in your own body, future potential complications with babies, future potential complications getting and staying pregnant, and now complications with insurance.  I read this article in the New York Times and my stomach turned.  This is yet one more [...]

This article has links to cesarean and VBAC rates by hospital for the following states: Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Utah.  (For more information on California hospitals, go here.)
This is great info for women of those states! 
Compliments of Our Bodies Ourselves: Finding and Comparing C-Section Rates [...]

Want to know if your doctor has been subject to a board hearing or disciplinary note? 
Here is a link to the State Board sites for all 50 states.