Tag Archives: VBAC

Reply turned post, blame the mom or the system? style

My buddy Jill of The Unnecesarean has launched an awesomely Rad Pitt (inside joke, you’d get it if you were from San Diego or South Beach) new project called CesareanRates.com. She shared a top ten list from my lovely state … Continue reading

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Much more fun than studying

I am cramming for my last exam in medical school tomorrow. Scratch that, I am procrastinating instead of studying. I will be speaking at the VBAC Summit again this year, and had to write a bio. As much as I … Continue reading

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Lamentations

Please, run, don’t walk, to the series called Lamenting the System at the Unnecesarean. It is a series of responses from practicing ob/gyns to an article called “An Obstetrician’s Lament” by Annette E. Fineberg, MD, which was published in the … Continue reading

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So, I’m still here

Again I find myself apologizing for the blog silence. There are a few reasons I have been quiet. First of all, my ex has been reading my posts and complaining to players in our divorce about what I write on … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, a VBAC reality check

I am a huge fan of RH Reality Check. However, I was recently a little troubled by a post about choosing elective cesarean over attempted VBAC (vaginal delivery after cesarean). I am a little, OK way behind on my blog … Continue reading

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I’m in print!! *link fixed*

I have an article published in the Journal of Perinatal Education: Social Media, Power, and the Future of VBAC Squee!!!! Special thanks to Amy Romano, who was the lead author and did almost all of the final version of the … Continue reading

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Physicians’ attitudes and knowledge influence their practices – who knew?

My data from the KALI questionnaire is shaping up nicely. I guess it isn’t a big surprise, but, at least in the group I have interviewed, their knowledge about and attitudes toward labor and delivery interventions do seem to influence … Continue reading

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Crunch on these while I crunch numbers

I am working on getting my data analyzed by a friendly professor who knows more about that stuff than I do. Chi square mumble mumble. Then, I am going to be hunkering down and working on my paper and/or poster. … Continue reading

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Plugging away

Howdy. I am still working on my various projects. Here’s a little update, mostly because I am excited about a few things, not that I think anyone was pining away without me. First, I got 50 completions on my survey! … Continue reading

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Reply turned post, VBAC consent form style

Jill has a great post up at The Unnecesarean that is a great example of the interactive nature of the internet birth advocacy community that Amy Romano talks about at Science and Sensibility. The post is almost a wiki of … Continue reading

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