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All Posts Tagged ‘vbac’

• Sparrow Hospital – Lansing, Michigan

  Monday, May 24th, 2010

  I felt extremely honored to have been so graciously received here. By design, Sparrow Hospital was the first stop on my 100 Hospital National Tour – promoting “Positive Pregnancy, Positive Birth”.

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• The U.S. Cesarean Section Rate tops 32%

  Thursday, April 29th, 2010

  As April is coming to a close I learned that this is national Cesarean Section Awareness month. I hadn’t heard of this so I did a little research on how this came about. This awareness month was created by a grass roots organization called ICAN (International Cesarean Awareness Network).

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• Cara Muhlhahn

  Monday, March 30th, 2009

  There has been a great deal of discussion during this last week regarding Cara Muhlhahn, the midwife portrayed in Ricki Lake’s film, The Business of Being Born. The article does a very good job of outlining several different aspects of her practice. Ms. Muhlhahn has birthed many hundreds of healthy babies and appears to be well thought of by the majority of her clients. She has also settled a “just under a million dollar” malpractice suit stemming from a baby damaged during birth and has had a baby die under her care.

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