On this website you will be able to access up-to-date and evidence-based information and resources about caesareans and birth after caesareans, links to support groups around the country, information on workshops and antenatal courses relevant to caesareans or vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC), and information on issues related to maternity services for women who are planning a caesarean, or planning to VBAC.
CANA now tweets!
Get quick updates on news about caesareans and birth after caesarean by following CANA on twitter.com. http://twitter.com/CaesareanAU.
Myths and truths about healing
Q. > “I feel that the only way to avoid a traumatic birth is to have an elective caesarean so I can control everything...is this true?”
C-section Births Cause Genetic Changes That May Increase Odds For Developing Diseases In Later Life
ScienceDaily (June 29, 2009) — Swedish researchers have discovered that babies born by Caesarean section experience changes to the DNA pool in their white blood cells, which could be connected to altered stress levels during this method of delivery, according to the July issue of Acta Paediatrica. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629081443.htm
Hospitals should have blood for caesarean mums: coroner
In Brisbane Times
Harriet Alexander Court Reporter
June 13, 2009
HOSPITALS should be forced to ensure they have adequate supplies of blood for every woman about to give birth by caesarean, a NSW coroner has recommended.
Rebecca Murray died from multiple-organ failure after delivering a healthy baby girl by emergency caesarean at Bathurst Base Hospital in June 2007....
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/hospitals-should-have-blood-for...
Maternity Budget Package good news for 1 in 3 women affected by caesareans
120 Million Budget package delivers good news to the 1 in 3 women affected by caesarean surgery says Caesarean organisation.
Mother of three and National Spokesperson for Caesarean Awareness Network Australia, Caroline McCullough said:
“We are incredibly excited about the possibility of women having greater access to private midwives.
Budget May 09 Historic for Maternity Services
I've been campaigning and lobbying for maternity services reform for the past seven years so to hear tonight's budget announcement that Maternity Services was going to be given a 120million boost by the Federal Government was food for my weary soul.
Maternity Coalition says mothers and babies clear winners from tonight’s Budget
MEDIA RELEASE: Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Maternity Coalition says mothers and babies clear winners from tonight’s Budget
Tonight’s Federal Budget is the most significant in Australian history for mothers, babies and their families.
Death twice as likely by caesarean
Sydney Morning Herald
By Kate Benson
April 4, 2009
BABIES born by elective caesarean are almost 2½ times more likely to die within their first month than babies born vaginally, researchers have found, adding weight to the argument that caesareans should only be carried out in emergencies.
Caesarean beliefs 'misguided'
By Louise Hall Health Reporter, March 28, 2009, Sydney Morning Herald
WOMEN who choose to have an elective caesarean in the belief that it will prevent incontinence and genital prolapse are "misguided" and may be putting their health, and that of their baby, at unnecessary risk.
That is the view of Jenny King, a urogynaecologist at Westmead Hospital, who questions the right of women to choose surgical births to avoid pelvic floor problems.
