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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

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

Healing the c-section scar

October 28, 2010 by Jessica 6 Comments

I knew when I went in for my c-section in 2006 that the effects would be lasting, but I only recently realized to what extent. I tend to hold on to emotion through my body, and since the need for a surgical delivery was profoundly disappointing to me, I expected that it would take my…

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Filed Under: Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, c-section, essential oils, Freedom for Family Wellness summit, healing, health, homebirth, Jennifer Mercier, osteopathy, VBAC

Happy Midwifery Week!

October 8, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

I just found out that it’s National Midwifery Week! I want to publicly thank the midwives I have worked with who have supported me before, during and after pregnancies. Thanks to the midwives at BirthCare and Women’s Health, to Tammi McKinley, CPM, of Northern Virginia Midwifery, Susan Dodge, formerly of BirthCare, and Marilee Pinkleton, CPM,…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, health, VBAC

No, I don’t think I’ll become a Bradley instructor

October 5, 2010 by Jessica 1 Comment

I remember the first time I got a message from the Bradley Method® of Natural Childbirth after my son’s c-section in 2006. The subject heading — “The World Needs More Bradley® Instructors!” — didn’t exactly feel warm and fuzzy to my tender belly and the emotional guts beneath it. But it was the contents of…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Holistic Health, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, body, healing, nostalgia, VBAC

NIH conference addresses vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC)

March 9, 2010 by Jessica Leave a Comment

More personal reflections will follow, but below is my official report from attending day one of the NIH conference on VBAC, a post I’ve also published in my column at the Washington Times Communities. This week, the National Institutes of Health is holding a Consensus Development Conference entitled “Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: New Insights,” a…

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Filed Under: Activism & Politics, Holistic Health, Uncategorized Tagged With: birth, health, pregnancy, VBAC

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