Fan this page to connect with other Birth Center families, new and old, as well as community members in support of the unique services provided at the PeaceHealth Nurse Midwifery Birth Center.
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Email: lanecofbc@gmail.com
Website: http://lanecofbc.blogspot.com/
http://www.peacehealth.org/oregon/careers/tour/services_midwifery.htm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lanecofbc
Mission: Lane County Friends of the Birth Center is a volunteer-led group. Our mission is to connect women, families, friends and advocates in support of the unique out-of-hospital well-woman and mother-baby services offered by the PeaceHealth Nurse-Midwifery Birth Center (Birth Center).
Background: Started in 2008, the Lane County Friends of the Birth Center is a volunteer-led group connecting Birth Center friends, families and advocates in support of the unique well-woman care and birth experiences available through the PeaceHealth Nurse-Midwifery Birth Center (Birth Center).
In more than 20 years, Birth Center midwives and staff have facilitated the births of over 5,500 babies to women seeking mother-centered and family-friendly care in a supportive and compassionate atmosphere with an emphasis on natural childbirth. As a freestanding Birth Center, women receive this alternative care in a private, home-like setting.
Stay in touch with the Birth Center community and lend your support to 20 more years of a freestanding birth center in Lane County – join our group!
Birth Center Campaign Donation: https://www.peacehealth.org/apps/forms/default.asp?FormID=1934
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Birth Center Farewell Party June 21, 2009Created about 2 months ago
old Birth Center at 511 E. 12th in EugeneCreated about 2 months ago
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Watch and spread the word: Birth Center on KMTR-TV tonight!
"Curious how construction is going at the new PHMG Nurse Midwifery Birth Center in Springfield? Watch KMTR-TV tonight at 5 and 6:30 p.m."
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Sacred Heart Medical Center, Cottage Grove Community Hospital, PeaceHealth Medical Group- safe, evidence-based, compassionate care every touch, every time.
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CNN health reporter Elizabeth Cohen follows up on the Joy Szabo VBAC story with the attached segment "How to get the birth you want."
Cohen and the "anchor" talk about the difficulties moms, especially first-time moms, can have communicating effectively with providers. They also discuss the kinds of questions parents mi...ght use to gain as much information as possible when evaluating provider recommendations.
Cohen mentions having four children. Wonder if her many birth experiences help facilitate a more thorough-than-usual discussion than often seen on TV? Whatever it is, let's hope she keeps it up and broadens the mother-baby-family discussion even more.
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Watch the latest breaking news, politics, entertainment and offbeat videos everyone is talking about at CNN.com. Get informed now!
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Now here's an empowered birth story!
"The Szabos' story has a happy ending, but it shows that with the rising C-section rate -- now one in three babies is born via Caesarean -- women who want vaginal births sometimes have to fight to get them."
(Thanks Renee for posting this on our fan page wall!)
edition.cnn.com
Seven months into her pregnancy with her fourth child, Joy Szabo's obstetrician gave her some news she didn't want to hear: Because she'd had a previous Caesarean section, the hospital where she planned to deliver was insisting she have another one.
Renee
Sad she had to move 6 hours to get the birth she wanted, but so joyous she got the birth she wanted!
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/17
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Seven months into her pregnancy with her fourth child, Joy Szabo's obstetrician gave her some news she didn't want to hear: Because she'd had a previous Caesarean section, the hospital where she planned to deliver was insisting she have another one.
Lane County Friends of the Birth Center This article describes the effects of chemicals found in plastics on rats' intestines and human cells. Breastfeeding fits within this discussion, though it is not specifically mentioned.
www.independent.co.uk
The chemical Bisphenol A used in plastic containers and drinks cans has been shown for the first time to affect the functioning of the intestines, according to a French study published Monday.
Lane County Friends of the Birth Center What do you think about this article?
www.nytimes.com
A study of weight gain by obese women in pregnancy will try to keep them from putting on any pounds.
Lane County Friends of the Birth Center Interesting piece on women veterans finding the care they need from the VA. Recognizing women often need to bring their children to appointments was a big step. Offering pregnancy tests was another......
www.msnbc.msn.com
No one's quite ready for them, but female veterans have arrived in the Veterans Affairs's hundreds of hospitals and clinics. A system long geared toward treating an aging male population is scrambling to care for thousands of female veterans.
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Great news! R-G ed: Lane Co Early Head Start to receive $1.3m stimulus dollars
One goal = reduce Lane's high rate of fetal-infant mortality
Describes Dane Co, WI success targeting services for preg women and mothers; inf mort among African-American women down from 19 in 1990s to fewer than five
“I think it’s a community... effort. Pregnant women need to feel safe, cared for and valued. I believe that when they don’t, that contributes to premature birth and fetal loss in the sixth or seventh month.”
www.registerguard.com
If he were here, maybe on a campaign swing, Lyndon Johnson would be pleased to hear that an Early Head Start program is coming to Lane County. As president, Johnson started the whole Head Start enterprise in 1965 as part of his War on Poverty. ...
Lane County Friends of the Birth Center Attached is a Boston public radio program devoted exclusively to midwifery in Massachusetts. It explores the dimensions of choice in provider and location for giving birth while addressing mother-baby outcomes, types of midwifery, licensure, insurance coverage, malpractice and cesarean section. It's worth a listen.
www.radioboston.org
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Good news! Visitor restrictions at Sacred Heart Medical Center are being removed for Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby and Neonatal Intensive Care units at the RiverBend hospital. Healthy family members are now welcome!
See 5th paragraph from the bottom.
News: Local | "H1N1 flu vaccine available for all beginning Monday" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, O
www.registerguard.com
Oregon is making the H1N1 vaccine available to everyone starting Monday, joining other states that are no longer limiting access just to those deemed most at risk from this form of influenza. “We ...
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Join Friends of the Birth Center for a tour of the new facility on Friday, January 15 at 4pm. We will be hosted by PeaceHealth. Space is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email lanecofbc@gmail to reserve a slot!
Click on the following link to see photos from our October tour.
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October 5th kicks off National Midwifery Week (see end of message), a time for celebrating the contributions midwives make to the health and wellbeing of women and families.
Lane County Friends of the Birth Center Postpartum depression affects fathers (partners), too.
www.nytimes.com
The effects of postpartum depression in men can be every bit as disruptive as occurs with women.
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For all the baby mama's and expecting mamas out there - here's one for you! Now we need one for the sling-wearing daddies, no?
Thanks to Doulas Supporting Teens for sharing this one! http://doulassupportingteens.org/
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Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
Dec 9 6:30 to 8:30pm UO HEDCO Bldg Rm 220
A film, followed by a panel discussion with local media experts, exploring how media, place and policy impact childhood.
Presented by Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth and the UO Communication Studies Program, J School and Center for Study of Women in Society.
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Here's a thought provoking piece exploring why women can emerge from birthing with disappointment and a sense of personal failure. Issues raised include consumer marketing, emotional blackmail, language of advertising, "modern" women's sensibilities vis a vis control, men as birth coaches, birth as performance, clockwa...tching. There's a lot packed into this short piece.
Are there any facets you particularly like or dislike? Would be great to hear your thoughts.
(Thanks Renee for sending this article to LaneCoFBC!)
Maternity guru Sheila Kitzinger says 'fairytale' expectations of childbirth end with dashed hopes fo
www.telegraph.co.uk
New mothers are often consumed by guilt because they did not experience a "fairytale" version of childbirth, one of Britain's leading maternity experts has warned.
