by Jen Kamel | Sep 12, 2017 | Racism, VBAC |
Recently, I had a great extended conversation on racism in birth work at a VBAC Facts training for professionals in Covington, LA. And I wanted to share it with you. One doula shared that we simply needed to treat all clients the same regardless of race. What she was...
by Jen Kamel | Aug 8, 2017 | Using statistics, Uterine Rupture, VBAC |
So what matters more: Our personal experience? Or the conclusions of medical evidence? I suspect that most of my readers would say, the evidence. Hands down. And that is what most people believe… until they experience a bad outcome. That’s when things...
by Jen Kamel | Aug 19, 2016 | Advocacy, Legal Issues, VBAC |
Update September 2, 2016 This bill was not passed. Update August 25, 2016 1:32pm The Senate floor vote for this bill has been postponed until Monday. Update August 25, 2016 9:57am For those of you watching this issue closely, this bill will be up for a...
by Jen Kamel | Feb 17, 2016 | Home birth, Hospital birth, Informed consent, Planning your vbac, VBAC, VBAC Bans |
I’m in an online group for labor & delivery nurses where the discussion of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) at home came up. While some understood the massive VBAC barriers many women face, others simply said, “Find a hospital that supports...
by Jen Kamel | Feb 1, 2016 | Hospital birth, VBAC |
In 2010, I was sitting next to an OB/GYN during a lunch break at the National Institutes of Health VBAC Conference. She was telling me about how she had worked at a rural hospital, without 24/7 anesthesia, that offered vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). I asked her...
by Jen Kamel | Jan 6, 2016 | Legal Issues, VBAC, VBAC Bans |
Update: Since this article was originally published, it has been updated with several new resources (listed at the bottom) as well as a video. “No one can force you to have a cesarean.” I see this all the time in message boards. Don’t worry about...
