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Many pregnancy discomforts can be prevented or eased. My c-section rate for my last 100 clients was 1%. I can help you to avoid a c-section, too. |
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Many pregnancy discomforts can be prevented or eased. My c-section rate for my last 100 clients was 1%. I can help you to avoid a c-section, too. |
I
am available to provide supplemental midwifery care during
pregnancy to support a VBAC and postpartum mother/baby care and
lactation consulting to families who are planning a hospital
birth.
VBAC Care
Options
– ICAN states that for women with supportive providers, the
VBAC success rate is 60-80%.
In my practice, the VBAC success rate is over 95%.
In
addition
to regular supplemental prenatal care as described above, I
provide specific services to support women planning a VBAC.
Early
in
pregnancy:
v Review
circumstances
of previous cesarean birth to identify areas that would benefit
from extra attention in this pregnancy and to discuss the
suitability of VBAC for you.
v Address
questions
and concerns about how to prevent uterine rupture, especially if
the dad is concerned.
v Discuss
selecting
a supportive hospital and care provider. Although I can provide
some information about the local VBAC environment, the details
of supportive provider and hospitals are best discussed with
other VBAC mamas in the ICAN online groups or meetup groups. Our local ICAN groups
keep lists of supportive care providers and facilities.
v Suggest
nutritional
support throughout the pregnancy to grow stronger uterine tissue
to prevent rupture.
From
24
weeks on:
v Support
attention
to blood sugar issues that are shown to increase VBAC success
rates.
In
the last month of pregnancy, I recommend the same birth
preparation care as for any birth, plus some special preparation
for VBAC that will help:
v Start
labor
naturally before the due date.
v Teach
labor
techniques that will help prevent uterine rupture
v Shorten
pushing
times
v Overall
increase
the likelihood of the VBAC you desire.
Ronnie Falcao, LM
MS CPM
Licensed Midwife, Mountain View
Twenty years’ experience helping
mothers and babies
A midwife’s heart and hands combined with an engineer’s problem
solving skills
E-mail ronnie@gentlebirth.org
for more information; the word "Midwife" gets through my spam
filters.
Or call me at 650-961-9728
Ronnie Falcao, Licensed Midwife
Attending births since 1991, Licensed since 1997
Knowledgeable about the midwifery use of herbs, homeopathy and
hypnosis
A midwife’s heart and hands combined with an engineer’s problem
solving skills
If you'd like to learn more about my midwifery services,
please phone me at 650-961-9728 with your e-mail address or send
me e-mail.
My e-mail address is "ronnie" at "gentlebirth.org". Please
put the word "midwife" in the subject to get through my spam
filters. Please let me know your due date and where you
live; if you also let me know what kind of insurance you have, I
can share my experience about the insurance reimbursement you can
expect to receive for my services. Thanks.
I provide care in homes within about 15 miles of Mountain View, California and will drive further by special arrangement.
Here's my contact information for
anything besides my midwifery services.
Some pages I've written:
| Perspectives on Normal Childbirth - An article I wrote for the ICAN journal about my internship in an El Paso, Texas, birth center. I was astounded that they had a cesarean rate of less than 1% without compromising the well-being of the mother or baby. |  |
Information about VRE -
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus - It was recently reported
that the antibiotic-resistant bacteria, enterococcus, has infected
100% of the surveyed hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Some pages I've edited:
The Midwife
Archives - As a way of organizing my notes about information
and wisdom shared on the various birth-related distribution lists,
I created the Midwife Archives. Please visit those pages for
answers to many practical questions and for an interesting
perspective on the mystical side of birth.
Some pages I've formatted in co-operation with the authors:
Benefits and risks of
episiotomy: A review of the English-language literature since
1980
A journal article by Robert J. Woolley, MD.
Is Homebirth for You? 6
Myths About Childbirth Exposed
An online version of the booklet originally published by Friends
of Homebirth (Editor: Janet Tipton, 1990)
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