April is Cesarean Awareness Month
April 29, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under breastfeeding, health of the mother, pregnancy
At 27 weeks of pregnancy, with a plan for a home birth, I am starting to hear other women’s horror stories about their birth experiences (please, people, I have my own leftover trauma from a fourth degree tear and an epidural that failed (that’s how I know I can labor and deliver without pain medication if given the opportunity!)) In the last two weeks, two women have mentioned how much the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) helped them recover emotionally from a cesarean. In addition to attending La Leche League meetings, the two women attended local ICAN support group meetings. …read more
