New Year, New Board!
Thursday January 12, 2006
New in 2006 - ICAN of Northern Virginia announces it's all new Board of Directors!
Cesareans At An All-Time High
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The CDC has reported:
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- The Cesarean Rate for 2004 is 29.1%
- The Rate is up from 27.6% in 2003
- US Cesareans have risen 40% since 1996
- VBAC Rate fell to 9.2%
- Since 1996, the VBAC rate in the US has plummeted 67%
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ICAN in USA Today
Thursday August 25, 2005
ICAN's President, Tonya Jamois, is quoted in a front page USA Today article "Battle Lines Drawn Over C-Sections"
Study Shows Home Birth Lowers Cesarean Risk
Sunday August 7, 2005
June 18, 2005
A landmark study published June 18 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows planned home births with Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) result in significantly lower cesarean rates than planned hospital births.
The 2000 study by a Canadian epidemiologist and a CPM tracked more than 5,000 pregnant women in the United States and Canada planning home birth. The result was a 3.7 percent cesarean rate among all mothers and a 1.7 percent cesarean rate among women who previously gave birth vaginally.
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Press Release)
A landmark study published June 18 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) shows planned home births with Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) result in significantly lower cesarean rates than planned hospital births.
The 2000 study by a Canadian epidemiologist and a CPM tracked more than 5,000 pregnant women in the United States and Canada planning home birth. The result was a 3.7 percent cesarean rate among all mothers and a 1.7 percent cesarean rate among women who previously gave birth vaginally.
(Read the rest of the
Press Release)
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