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5 Things I wished I’d know before my c-section (and VBAC)

April 30, 2015 by Jessica 1 Comment

Today is the last day of Cesarean Awareness Month, something I would not have expected would apply to me when I first got pregnant a little more than 10 years ago. But it does. After my 2006 c-section, I went on to have a homebirth with my second child, thanks in no small part to…

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Filed Under: D.C. Metro, Featured, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, c-section, Cesarean Awareness Network, HBAC, healing from c-section, ICAN, ICAN of NoVA, International Cesarean Awareness Network, VBAC

Breastfeeding and birth celebrated in book, film, conferences

August 23, 2013 by Jessica 1 Comment

Birthing and breastfeeding have been on my mind a lot lately for a woman whose days are normally filled with talk of baseball and potty time. My seven-year-old son weaned four years ago, and my daughter, who just turned three, lost her access to my breasts at 22 months when my health was just struggling…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Featured, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, Birth Story, Birth Without Fear, breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Center for Greater Washington, Breastmilk the movie, Have Milk Will Travel: Adventures in Breastfeeding, HBAC, homebirth, Ina May Gaskin, MommyCon, Nuroo, Sara Lamm, The Business of Being Born, The Leaky Boob

Support VBAC in October!

October 12, 2011 by Jessica Leave a Comment

When I first met my friend Elaine, she spoke warmly of her two homebirths. I had just one child who was born via c-section, which saddened me. Now I am the proud mama of a home VBAC — Vaginal Birth After Cesarean, or HBAC. And today Elaine is writing at TheDCMoms.com about homebirth. Here are…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, cesarean, HBAC, homebirth, ICAN, VBAC

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