Wrapping up NIH VBAC Coverage

So much came from this conference this week, so I wanted to share a ton of links that may be helpful for those who were not able to participate.

If you were not able to watch the coverage, you can use these links for viewing of what took place.
Day One of the National Institute of Health’s VBAC Conference
Day Two of the National Institute of Health’s VBAC Conference
Day Three of the National Institute of Health’s VBAC Conference

All three links are video feeds.

The Original Draft Statement
Current Statement after Revising
The final statement should be out within a week or so, until then I will leave the slot for this blank.

The Conference Abstract

In the aftermath of this conference, there are an incredible amount of articles not only addressing the rising cesarean rates, increasing maternal mortality rates, and lack of VBAC access, but human rights issues that the panel at NIH did not address in their statement.
So, because I have been a media junkie the past couple days, I started tracking all the links.

United States urged to confront shocking maternal mortality rates
Too Many Women Dying in US While Having Babies
Doctors Debate C-Section Options
Deadly Delivery by Amnesty International
Women Struggle to Avoid C-Sections
Panel Urges more Choice in Birth after Cesareans
Too Many Preventable Deaths Among New Moms
Group Urges New Rules for Vaginal Birth after Cesarean
Panel Urges new Look at Cesarean Guidelines
NIH Panel : End Bans on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Underused
Panel : Vaginal Birth after Cesarean not too common
Panel : Women Need a Chance to avoid repeat C-section
Are C-Sections too common?

As more stories come out, I will continue to include the links!

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tags: National Institute of Health, NIH, Vaginial Birth After Cesarean, VBAC
category: Activism

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By: Nicole - Your Birth Right Twitter: @nicoledeggins

FABULOUS!! Thanks for all the links Danielle!

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By: Shannon Mitchell

I have some other ones over on birthaction.org blogs I think it’s great that so many of us are compiling but REMEMBER to save the articles on your hard drive if they are compelling to you, email them to yourself or “screen print” them because frankly, you’ll find that many of them disappear.