On this website you will be able to access up-to-date and evidence-based information and resources about caesareans and birth after caesareans, links to support groups around the country, information on workshops and antenatal courses relevant to caesareans or vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC), and information on issues related to maternity services for women who are planning a caesarean, or planning to VBAC.
CANA now tweets!
Get quick updates on news about caesareans and birth after caesarean by following CANA on twitter.com. http://twitter.com/CaesareanAU.
Twitter Updates
follow me on Twitter
Myths and truths about healing
Q. > “I feel that the only way to avoid a traumatic birth is to have an elective caesarean so I can control everything...is this true?”
Save HBAC (Home Birth After Caesarean) in Australia
Transcribed from http://homebirthaustralia.org/save-hbac-australia
Cesarean Awareness Month 2010
April is International Cesarean Awareness Month and ICAN are offering reduced subscriptions to their organisation for the month of April. In addition they will be offering three fantastic webinars, all of which are free to ICAN subscribers:
Homebirth crisis will increase poor outcomes for scarred women if not resolved
Caesarean Awareness Network Australia (CANA) has today warned that as caesarean rates increase, more women scarred from negative hospital experiences will choose to birth at home without a registered midwife unless the Federal Government resolves the indemnity insurance crisis set to make homebirth with a midwife unlawful in July 2010.
Homebirth safer (incl. VBAC homebirth) than hospital birth
A new prospective Canadian study has found that homebirths with registered midwives are just as safe, if not safer than hospital birth and guess what, women with one prior caesarean were included in the homebirth cohort and there were no uterine ruptures in either cohort. Women in the homebirth group had significantly better outcomes in terms of intervention. Check out the study here: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/rapidpdf/cmaj.081869.
Docs blamed for caesarean rate
Physician behaviour in Ireland has been highlighted as a potential cause of the large increase in the number of Caesarean sections carried out here, according to a new paper published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, Recent Trends in the Caesarean Section Rate in Ireland 1999-2006.
According to the paper, the Caesarean section rate in Ireland has increased by over 25 per cent from 1999 to 2006. The rate is now more than ten per cent higher than that recommended by the WHO and is amongst the highest in Europe...
UTS FREE Caesarean Public Lecture Sept 3-Sydney
UTSpeaks: To Push or Pull?
Do women choose or consent to caesarean delivery?
New ICAN Forums
CANA's US-based sister organisation, the International Caesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) has established a new forum at their website: http://ican-online.org/forum. The forums are in addition to ICAN's email lists and they are moderated by members of the ICAN Board of Directors.
New WHO Review of Mental Health & Reproduction
The recent report Mental health aspects of women’s reproductive health: a global literature review has highlighted issues related to the development and onset of depression and other mental health disorders that are related to reproduction. This review is probably the most comprehensive literature review on this topic to date, covering available research from developing to developed countries, examining the different challenges and research gaps in each setting.
Share
