ICAN Links
ICAN Main - the website for the International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc.
ICAN of the Twin Cities Yahoo Group - join our online discussion forum for information, education and support
VBAC Policy Data Base - Searchable data base for hospital VBAC policies ("banned" or "allowed") nationwide
Professional Subscribers
Please consider supporting these professionals who are subscribers to ICAN of the Twin Cities. Are you a birth professional? Please consider becoming a Professional Member of ICAN to have your site posted here!
Blooma - Prenatal and postnatal yoga, wellness services, education. Be Blooma well!
Nickie Kerrigan - Helping Hands Midwifery and Doula Service: midwife, doula, nutritionist and herbalist. 763-257-9446
Spinning Babies - Local midwife & doula trainer Gail Tully's site dedicated to fetal positioning
Suzanne Swanson, PhD. - "Mothers Matter:" Helping pregnant women
and mothers address anxiety about labor and birth, physical/emotional
changes, finding a mothering style, pregnancy loss, postpartum
transitions and spiritual aspects of mothering. 1108 Grand Avenue #2, St. Paul, MN 55105, 651-221-9709
Other Local Resources
Childbirth Collective - A Minnesota non-profit serving birthing families
Minnesota Birth Network - a one-stop-shop for lots of information about birth in Minnesota
Minnesota Families for Midwifery - A grass-roots citizens' organization promoting midwife-attended births at home, in birth centers, and in hospitals throughout Minnesota
Homebirth Midwives in Minnesota - A comprehensive list of homebirth midwives in the state
C-Section/VBAC Information Links
Childbirth Connection - research oriented birth information and the booklet: What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know about Cesarean Section
Plus Size Pregnancy - "Kmom's" wonderful site for women of all shapes and sizes. Check out the FAQs on cesarean and VBAC, including information on VBAC after two or more cesareans
VBAC.org - "A woman-centered, evidence-based resource..."
VBACfacts.com - "Don't freak, know the facts!"
Birthrites - An Australian site dedicated to Cesarean issues, including VBAC
Homebirth.org - Wonderful site for homebirth information, including home VBAC
Childbirth - Information packed site on birth
Motherfriendly - The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) website
EMTALA - Info. on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
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