If you've given birth in the Greater DC Metro Area, including MD, DC, VA and beyond, we'd like to publish your birth story on our website! Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your written story, along with any pictures you're comfortable sharing, and we'll get it posted and shared with our members. Birth stories are a powerful way to connect and learn from others' experiences. Birth as represented in pop culture is so far from what actually happens, that your story will help women learn and experience second-hand the wide range of what it's like to give birth in our area.

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About ICAN

The International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc. (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve maternal-child health by reducing preventable cesareans through education, supporting cesarean recovery, and advocating for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC). Learn More About ICAN