Cesarean Awareness Month 2010

April is International Cesarean Awareness Month and ICAN are offering reduced subscriptions to their organisation for the month of April. In addition they will be offering three fantastic webinars, all of which are free to ICAN subscribers:

• Cesarean Scar Care in the Post-Partum Period: Sunday, April 11 at 7 pm EDT.
• ICAN Birth Class: Cesarean Prevention: Tuesday, April 20 at 9 pm EDT
• ICAN Birth Class: Journey to VBAC, date TBA

ICAN subscribers receive the Clarion, ICAN's quarterly print newsletter and discounts to the ICAN Bookstore and the ICAN Conference. Professional subscribers enjoy a free listing on ICAN's Professional Subscriber Network, and Childbearing Years and Lifetime subscribers will receive a special mention in the next Clarion. Subscribers who participate in ouro nline forums also receive public recognition by means of special ribbons every time they post.
ICAN is an all-volunteer organization working tirelessly to improve maternal-child health. Through the financial support of our subscribers, they  have been able to: Provide support through over 130 chapters in the US, Canada and around the world, through their 1-800 number and through their online forums

• Provide evidence-based information through their website
• Increase awareness of cesarean and VBAC issues through their blog and social networking sites.
• Offer live, interactive online webinars to educate health care consumers and professionals
• Send ICAN representatives to the US capital to bring light to insurance discrimination due to cesarean as a "pre-existing condition"
• Send ICAN representatives to conferences around the US to raise awareness of cesarean and VBAC issues

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