Womb Within

August 2nd, 2008

ABCs of pregnancy: V is for…

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V is also for:
Vacuum extraction: Sometimes, if the baby is not coming through the birth canal as expected and there seems that there may be problems, doctors may choose to use suction to help guide the baby’s head out of the birth canal
Vagina: The canal from the cervix down.
VBAC: Vaginal birth after C-section
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July 26th, 2008

10 most popular posts for the week ending July 25

Another weekly round up for you. There’s a great variety of posts this week:

Mom and babies playing in the sprinkler - non human!
Cat fight over birthing techniques and safety
New mass market target - your baby’s umbilical cord blood
The mothering instinct of animals
Radio show: Kosher and Halal vitamins for pregnancy
Pregnancy after infertility
Ectopic pregnancies
Eating disorders and pregnancy
VBAC: […]

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July 15th, 2008

Have you been told you can’t have a VBAC?

Many women who have C-sections feel that they would like having a VBAC, or vaginal birth after C-section. In many cases, this is possible, providing that the pregnancy following the C-section goes smoothly and the labor is going well.
Unfortunately, because of the ever increasing risk of being sued, many doctors don’t want to do VBACs […]

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July 13th, 2008

MANA editorial regarding “AMA Seeks to Deny Women Choices in Childbirth”

In mid-June, I posted on how Ricki Lake was being taken to task by the American Medical Association (AMA) about her stance on home birth (Tsk, tsk Ricki Lake).
Meredith, our resident doula (Womb Within has its very own doula) sent me this “President’s editorial” fro the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA). I am publishing […]

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June 23rd, 2008

VBAC: vaginal birth after Caesarian - worth the risk?

It used to be “once a C-section, always a C-section,” but this way of thinking was challenged quite a while ago and is leading to many women have vaginal births after Caesarians, or VBACs.
Back in the day when C-sections were done only one way - a large incision right down the front, VBACs couldn’t have […]

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