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04/28/2022

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We are failing families when parents can’t find formula for their infants. Why isn’t this major news?

02/10/2022

A simple, surprising for some, factual list.

10/07/2021

What is a woman's intuition? 🤔

For decades, studies have shown that women with chronic pain conditions are more likely than men to be wrongly diagnosed with mental health conditions and prescribed psychotropic drugs.

09/03/2021

Learning to be in tune with ones body is a skill to encourage and practice. 👍🏽

While PCOS is an endocrine disorder with unclear causes, hypothalamic amenorrhea is triggered by lifestyle. Both can be improved or worsened by lifestyle.

08/17/2021

We deserve due diligence
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DES, N***s, and American Industrialists by Chandler Marrs, PhD October 23, 2019September 22, 2020 Breast Cancer/Cancer/Endocrine disruptors/Estrogens/Family Health/Gynecology/Pregnancy + Postpartum/Research & Commentary/Women's Health 1605 views  Like DES is a synthetic estrogen-like compound devel...

08/13/2021

Time will tell...😔

If maternal exposures lead to infant leukemia, is infant leukemia preventable?

06/28/2021

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A lot of things baffle me about the medical industry’s approach to birth control, but the one thing I’ve struggled with the most has to do with the thyroid.

04/08/2021

Our body as a whole.

Sexual health experts say it's a misconception that the cervix is insensitive, which can have implications for some medical procedures.

04/06/2021

https://www.facebook.com/120545657960303/posts/4482710368410455/

You read that right.

Per the American College of OB/GYN's 2019 VBAC guidelines, the risk of maternal death during a planned vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is 0.0019%.

Expressed another way, that is a risk of 1 in 52,600.

Did you have any idea the risk was that low?

Whereas the risk of maternal death with an elective repeat cesarean after one cesarean is 0.0096% or 1 in 10,000.

Again, both really small numbers but the risk of maternal death is five times higher in a repeat cesarean.

This is why when pregnant people are threatened with "you could die if you plan a VBAC," it falls flat.

But it is often really successful in coercing someone into a repeat cesarean... as well as eroding patient autonomy and any trust when the birthing person learns the facts.

As a L&D nurse told us, "There is no real informed consent anymore."

This is just yet another example.

ETA: Some people asked in the comments about the risk of fetal death. We discuss that here: https://vbacfacts.com/2012/04/03/confusing-fact-only-6-of-uterine-ruptures-are-catastrophic/

Others have asked about vaginal birth after classical cesarean: https://vbacfacts.com/2021/08/10/vbac-after-classical-t-j-incision/

… or after two cesareans: https://vbacfacts.com/vba2c

… or after three or more cesareans: https://vbacfacts.com/vba3c

Also, you can download our free resources including:

- a report debunking the top 5 uterine rupture myths: https://vbacfacts.com/report

- a handout busting the top 3 VBAC myths using national guidelines: https://vbacfacts.com/acogmyths

- and a VBAC planning checklist: https://vbacfacts.com/checklist

02/24/2021

Closeness 🤗

From sleeping in separate beds to their children to transporting them in prams, Western parents have some unusual ideas about how to raise them

12/28/2020

Balance 🧘‍♀️

Pregnancy toes, those swollen appendages attached to your feet, do you know what causes them? I have an idea and it's not what you think.

06/03/2020

Change, Change, Change!

George Floyd called for his mother as he died. Our appeals for racial justice must include protection for Black and Brown moms and their…