One of CCA’s founders, Pauline McDonagh Hull, is interviewed for the Sunday Mirror magazine in an article examining the different birth choices different women make, and the reasons behind these choices.
One of CCA’s founders, Pauline McDonagh Hull, is interviewed by The Mirror’s Tanith Carey in her article, ‘Caesarean births: Scarred before they were born – Exclusive‘, which discusses the risk of babies being cut during a caesarean delivery.
One of CCA’s founders, Pauline McDonagh Hull, is interviewed by Maria Bailey, host of Mom Talk Radio, on the subject of why healthy women might choose a caesarean delivery. You can listen again via a podcast of the interview here.
Editor of electivecesarean.com presents and debates ‘Is There Any Benefit to Low C-Section Rates?’ at a seminar at the U.S. ‘Controversies in Childbirth Conference’ in Texas. Handouts with evidence to support her position were also presented.
CCA requests that NCT include the issue of ‘caesarean delivery on maternal request’ in their next Campaigns Advisory Group meetings and that it be addressed in their new Strategic Plan scheduled for later this year:
Continue reading ‘CCA request NCT include Caesarean Deliveries on Maternal Request in their new strategy’ »
BTA Canada responds to the Joint Policy Statement on Normal Childbirth issued by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC):
Birth Trauma Canada (BTCanada) would like to state that we do not endorse the recent Joint Policy Statement on Normal Childbirth issued by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses of Canada (AWHONN Canada only), the Canadian Association of Midwives (CAM), the College of Family Physicians (CFPC) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC). [JOGC, #221, Dec 2008]
BTCanada will not support any organization, or group of organizations, that dictate to women what is ‘normal’ or ‘natural’. It is important for women considering pregnancy to understand what the SOGC and their partners consider normal and abnormal, and to consider the contents of this submission in the light of their definition of ‘natural’. Continue reading ‘Response to Joint Policy Statement on Normal Childbirth’ »
One of CCA’s founders, Leigh East, is interviewed by the Daily Mail for an article ‘Caesarean backlash: Is the campaign against those ‘too posh to push’ hurting the wrong people?’ asking whether those women that really want a caesarean are really able to choose.
Birth Group, CCA, Calls on WHO to Re-examine ‘Outdated and Unsafe’ 10-15% Recommended Cesarean Rate
The oft-quoted 10-15% cesarean limit, as recommended by the World Health Organization in 1985, is outdated, unsafe and in urgent need of review. The international birth group, CCA, warns that attempts to reduce national cesarean rates to these levels are leading to maternal and infant deaths, disability and trauma. Continue reading ‘CCA Calls on WHO to Re-examine Recommended Caesarean Rate’ »
One of CCA’s founders, Leigh East, is interviewed by the Guardian for an article ‘We know the reality of childbirth’ investigating the divisions between midwives and obstetricians over the best way to give birth. In particular the suggestion in a new report on NHS maternity care that many female obstetricians opt for a caesarean when they have their own children.