Unnecesarean: The Bloghttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/en-US2010-07-29T20:53:25ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Video: MOMS for the 21st Century Acthttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/27/video-moms-for-the-21st-century-act.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-28T04:40:51ZHealth Care Reform Health Care Reform MOMS for the 21st century MOMS for the 21st century floor introduction Racial Disparities childbirth connection improving maternity care

By Jill—Unnecesarean

via Childbirth Connection’s Facebook page

EDIT: Amie Newman at RH Reality Check just posted on the act.

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This week’s open thread is hosted by a tasty avocado. Why? Why not.

What’s going on?

]]>Quick Hit: "In the Manner Prescribed By the State"http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/26/quick-hit-in-the-manner-prescribed-by-the-state.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-26T19:59:23ZAdvocacy Feminism Medico-legal issues National Advocates for Pregnant Women Obstetrics VBAC can i refuse a cesarean in the manner prescribed by the state krista stone-manista napw pregnancy law right to refuse a cesarean vbac law

By Jill—Unnecesarean

Remember National Advocates for Pregnant Women’s first law student writing contest? The winning entry by Krista Stone-Manista was published in the Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender.

Krista Stone-Manista, In the Manner Prescribed by the State: Potential Challenges to State-Enforced Hospital Limitations on Childbirth Options, 16 CARDOZO J. L. & GENDER 469 (2010). [PDF]

]]>How will ACOG handle the PR challenge of promoting VBAC as a safe option?http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/26/how-will-acog-handle-the-pr-challenge-of-promoting-vbac-as-a.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-26T18:28:44ZACOG ACOG VBAC Practice bulletin 54 VBAC VBAC blogs VBAC guidelines VBAC immediately available VBAC safe reasonable practice bulletin 115 vaginal birth after cesarean

I have a few questions.

]]>Does vaginal birth have a future?http://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/22/does-vaginal-birth-have-a-future.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-22T16:11:53ZJohn T. Repke Lauren Plante Obstetrics VBAC Vaginal Birth future of vaginal birth george macones obgmanagement outlaw vaginal birth vbac safetyWorld Cesarean Rates: OECD Countrieshttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/22/world-cesarean-rates-oecd-countries.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-22T14:53:48Z2010 cesarean rates 2010 world cesarean rates Cesarean Rate OECD caesarean OECD health data caesarean rates world international cesarean rates world c-section rates world cesarean rates

By Jill—Unnecesarean

OECD Health Data 2010, released on 29 June 2010, is a comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. According to its website, “it is an essential tool for health researchers and policy advisors in governments, the private sector and the academic community, to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health care systems.”

The following table shows the cesarean rates of OECD countries from 2004 to 2008.

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
OECD countries
Australia	29.1%	30.0%	30.3%	30.6%
Austria			25.4%	26.9%	27.5%
Belgium	17.8%		0.0%	17.3%
Canada	25.3%	26.2%	26.3%	26.6%
Chile
Czech Republic	16.0%	17.1%	18.4%	19.6%	20.5%
Denmark	20.0%	19.4%	20.4%	21.4%	22.1%
Finland	16.4%	16.3%	16.1%	16.3%	16.5%
France	18.6%	19.1%	19.4%	19.9%	19.9%
Germany	26.0%	26.7%	27.8%	28.5%	29.4%
Greece
Hungary	27.1%	29.2%	29.3%	30.3%	31.4%
Iceland	16.4%	15.6%	17.2%	16.9%	16.1%
Ireland	24.5%	25.1%	24.6%	25.4%
Italy	39.4%	39.4%	39.7%	39.8%
Japan
Korea	36.7%	36.3%	35.1%	35.3%	35.3%
Luxembourg	27.1%	27.6%	27.5%	29.2%
Mexico	37.0%	38.2%	39.5%	40.7%	43.9%
Netherlands	13.6%	13.6%	13.8%	14.0%
New Zealand	22.3%	22.8%	23.9%	22.8%	22.8%
Norway	15.2%	15.9%	15.9%	17.2%
Poland	16.3%	18.9%	19.6%	18.8%	19.3%
Portugal	27.0%	27.8%	31.0%	31.2%	32.7%
Slovak Republic	19.2%	20.7%	21.9%	23.5%
Spain	24.0%	24.8%	26.0%
Sweden
Switzerland	25.7%	26.7%	28.8%	30.0%	31.6%
Turkey			29.7%	36.0%	37.7%
United Kingdom	22.7%	23.6%	23.2%	23.6%	23.7%
United States	29.1%	30.3%	31.1%	31.8%	32.0%

Accession countries
Estonia	17.2%	18.9%	19.0%	20.0%	19.9%
Israel	17.8%	19.1%	18.6%	18.8%	19.2%
Slovenia	14.3%	15.5%	16.4%	16.8%	17.0%


SOURCE: OECD Health Data 2010 - Version: June 2010
Surgical procedures by ICD-9-CM, Caesarean section

Download an Excel spreadsheet of OECD Cesarean data from 1990 to 2008 [.xls]

]]>A Strange Juxtaposition of Articles on VBAChttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/21/a-strange-juxtaposition-of-articles-on-vbac.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-21T23:10:32ZVBACMexico’s Fifty Percent Cesarean Ratehttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/21/mexicos-fifty-percent-cesarean-rate.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-21T19:40:41ZCesarean Rate NOM-007-SSA2 1993 articulo el universal parto fifty percent cesarean rate mexico jesus lujan cesarea mexican cesarean rate parto vaginal despues de una cesarea razones para cesarea taza cesareas mexicoThis is a translation of an article written by Cinthya Sanchez that appeared in El Universal on July 18, 2010. The original article, En México, uno de cada dos niños hoy nace por cesarean, can be found on the El Universal site. ]]>Invisible Women, Invisible Shackleshttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/20/invisible-women-invisible-shackles.htmlCourtroom Mama2010-07-20T19:10:57ZAdvocacy Feminism Pain in Childbirth courtroom mama incarcerated women prison relectronic monitoring restricted to bed labor restrain patient rrestriction of movement during labor shackling women in prison

Here’s another for the “things I should care more about” files: shackling of pregnant inmates during labor.

State by state, prison reform activists have been chipping away at the

]]>Mocking Patients' Race and Class in Animated Videoshttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/18/mocking-patients-race-and-class-in-animated-videos.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-19T03:16:18ZHospital Birth labor and delivery nurse nurses mock patients stupid patient stereotype typical ob patientComment of the Week: Erin Becomes an Informed Consumerhttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/16/comment-of-the-week-erin-becomes-an-informed-consumer.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-16T15:06:23ZComment of the Week Informed Consent cascade of interventions childbirth ideology informed health consumer interventions are bad natural birth philosophy necessary epidural reasons for an epidural ]]>Monday Open Threadhttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/12/monday-open-thread.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-12T18:29:48ZOpen Thread

This week’s open thread is hosted by Wasp Woman because Another Rachel said she should get a chance.

What’s happening? News? Thoughts? Puffy summer pregnancies to complain about?

]]>New Study Identifies Need to Distinguish Planned from Unplanned Home Birthshttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/9/new-study-identifies-need-to-distinguish-planned-from-unplan.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-09T14:57:50ZACOG Characteristics of Planned and Unplanned Home Births in 19 States Home Birth Hospital Birth Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births Racial Disparities declercq home birth study 2010 home birth Wax paper new home birth study 2010 planned unplanned home birthsOB/GYN Journal Fast Tracks Anti-Home Birth Study in Advance of Pro-Midwife Legislationhttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/7/obgyn-journal-fast-tracks-anti-home-birth-study-in-advance-o.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-07T21:04:33ZACOG Home Birth Midwifery ajog home birth study big push press release erin tracy home birth home birth articles home birth debate michael klein home birth new home birth study 2010 tThe Big Push for MidwivesInternational Expert Calls Study Deeply Flawed and Politically Motivated

]]>The Seedy Underbelly of Jill's Hard Drivehttp://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/7/6/the-seedy-underbelly-of-jills-hard-drive.htmlJill--Unnecesarean2010-07-06T17:16:10Z

Well, I did promise you some fluffy randomness in July. This could go one of two ways.

Scenario A

Reader: Who is this weirdo? I’m just trying to avoid a c-section. UNFOLLOW.

Scenario B

Reader: Who is this weirdo? What a dork. FOLLOW FOREVER.

Here is some junk in photo gallery format that I can now delete from my hard drive. There are comments underneath most pictures. Enjoy?

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