Jennifer Linstad - Birth Doula
Because how we birth means everything.
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The ACOG relaxes their stance on VBAC births
 
The ACOG recently came to their senses and released a relaxation of their opinion of VBAC births and trial of labors for women who previously birthed their child surgically.
 
http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp070.cfm
Inductions to become more restricted and statistically monitored
 
The Joint Commission will be imposing new and more restrictive guideines for elective inductions and c/s and some hospitals have already started implementing the new requirements. It will include two very important things - 1) a restriction to allow elective c/s and inductions  only after 39 weeks gestation, and 2) reporting of failed inductions to a national database.
 
 
Natural Cesarean?
 
In the UK and other parts of the world, in response to the increase of cesarean and sensitivity to a family's birth experience, they have been doing small things that are making a huge difference in the cesarean birth experience. Its called "Natural Cesarean" and all of these things are within reason to ask your OB to perform, should you be facing a cesarean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5RIcaK98Yg