Getting Oriented
Continuing Education Trainings (Scroll to the bottom of this page)
Birthing Parent Handouts
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VBAC vs ERCS: Making an Informed Choice (English & Spanish)
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Vaginal birth after two cesareans (VBA2C): An overview of the evidence (English & Spanish)
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Vaginal Birth After Three or More Cesareans: What You Need to Know! (English & Spanish)
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Uterine Rupture: What Impacts The Risk? (English & Spanish)
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Should Planned VBACs Be Induced? (English & Spanish)
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Placenta Accreta: The Untold Risk (English & Spanish)
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VBAC Calculators: New Study Reveals Surprising Truths (English & Spanish)
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Community VBAC (Home and Birth Center VBAC): Risks and Providers (English & Spanish)
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Body Mass Index (BMI) and VBAC: An Overview of the Evidence (English & Spanish)
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Interview Questions for VBAC Providers (13:31)
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OOH Provider Question Worksheet (8:15)
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Handout Wish List
Expert Interviews
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Interview Wish List
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How to Support the Traumatized Patient/Sexual Abuse Survivor During Labor Lexi Abeln, RN CCE IBCLC (57:17)
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How to Support Breastfeeding Parents After an (Un)planned Cesarean with Laura M. Gruber-Martinez IBCLC (33:07)
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How to Support Plus Size Parents During Pregnancy & Labor with Jen McLellan (36:46)
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An Attorney's Guide to Navigating Informed Consent and Refusal with Hermine Hayes-Klein (90:54)
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How to Identify and Resolve Secondary Trauma with Nekole Shapiro (51:14)
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When Do Birthing Parents Lose the Power of Decision? A Panel of Attorneys and Providers Discuss (72:41)
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Successfully Comforting a CBAC Parent with Haize Hawke Rosen (56:35)
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Lessons from the $16 Million Dollar Lawsuit: Marketing, Policy, and Patient Autonomy with Cristen Pascucci (74:24)
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Demanding or Earning Respect? Improving doula-nurse relations in the delivery room with Traci Weafer (85:13)
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Home Birth Transfer Best Practices with Debbie Allen CPM LM and Lexi Abeln RN CCE IBCLC (82:18)
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An OB's Journey to Attending VBAMC with Dr. Henry Dorn MD (86:54)
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What to Do When a Physician Files a Complaint Against You with Diana Snyder JD (58:13)
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How to Decrease Maternal Deaths with Dr. Christine Morton PhD (84:35)
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Partnering with EMS for Smooth Home Birth Transfers with Lisa Stotts MS LM CPM (61:03)
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How to navigate forced cesarean threats with Lexi Abeln, Cristen Pascucci, and Hermine Hayes-Klein (81:36)
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How to support a PPD parent when you live in a mental health desert with Lisa Tremayne RN CBE CBC (43:45)
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Deconstructing Secret Forced Cesarean Policies at Hospitals with Farah Diaz-Tello JD (49:28)
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How an OB and a CPM can have a truly collaborative practice with Dr. Christopher Stroud & Rhoda Baughman CPM (66:35)
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Why Racism Matters: Understanding whiteness in maternity care with Heather Thompson MS PhD (68:46)
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Integrating trauma informed care into your practice with Kimberly Johnson (57:27)
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How to Unlock the Mystery of the Peanut Ball (and Get Your Hospital to Use Them!) with Heidi Duncan (52:39)
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How to keep horizontal violence in the workplace from crushing you flat with Cristen Pascucci (86:43)
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Holding the Line: When a Doula Should Speak Up Versus Remain Silent with Traci Weafer (59:28)
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How an OB Reversed a 10-year VBAC Ban with Dr. Annette Fineberg OB/GYN (54:42)
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Facilitating a smooth transition into parenthood and mitigating postpartum illnesses with Dr. Alyssa Berlin (54:50)
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Navigating Shared Decision Making: How a Green Beret Turned OB Challenges the System and Honors Patient Autonomy with Dr. Brad Bootstaylor, MD, FACOG (61:52)
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OBs Speak: Why the US cesarean rate is so high with Drs. Fineberg, Drake and Brunnabend (87:33)
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How to get VBAC-friendly midwifery legislation and regulations passed in your state with Katherine Hemple, PhD (79:00)
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Committing to an Antiracism Journey as a White Person: A Conversation with Jen Willsea (62:30)
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A Midwife's Guide to Coping with a Fetal Demise with Racha Tahani Lawler Queen, LM, CPM (81:08)
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Demystifying Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: What it is and How it Can Help Your Clients with Dr. Lorane Dick DO (38:23)
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How has the COVID Pandemic Impacted Hospital VBAC Access? Panel discussion with Lexi Abeln RN, Peter Chandler MD, Annette Fineberg MD, and Tami Michele DO (72:33)
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Motivation Matters: How Rural Hospitals Can and Do Support VBAC with Dr. Tami Michele DO (60:39)
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When Physician Trauma Impacts VBAC Access and What We Can Do About It with Krysta Dancy MFT (68:07)
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An MFM's Guide: How to Center Autonomy and Hold Space for Unknown Risk with Dr. Emiliano Chavira MD MPH (75:37)
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Why Everyone Should Get Postpartum Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy with Dr. Melinda Fontaine, PT, DPT (43:57)
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When a Doula Should Speak Up Versus Remain Silent: Special Considerations for BIPOC Doulas with Nicky Dawkins (46:38)
Grand Rounds
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April 2018 Grand Rounds: VBAC Birth Intervals, Pregnancy After Uterine Rupture, Large VBAC Cohort, Stalled Second Stage, VBAC After FTP CS, Shared Decision Making, Informed Refusal (62:51)
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May 2018 Grand Rounds: Defining Active Labor, Parent/Child Bond, Twin VBAC Rate, Balancing Risk & Values, Michigan VBAC Statistics (59:16)
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July 2018 Grand Rounds: Prolonged Second Stage, Choosing a Hospital, Reducing Costs, Cesarean Prediction, Family Size, Future Risk of Cesareans (46:14)
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August 2018 Grand Rounds: Delayed CS Complications, CNM vs OB CS Rates, Disrespect & Abuse, Perineal Trauma, Clinician Decision Making, Attitudes Towards Cesareans (66:08)
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September 2018 Grand Rounds: EFW & Cesareans, OB Services Closing, Abdominal Closure, Latest VBAC Calculator, Intrapartum Stillbirth by Location, Twin VBAC (46:46)
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October 2018 Grand Rounds: Misinformation, Post-Partum Complications, UR Long-Term Neonatal Morbidity, Reducing Cesarean Rate, Placenta Previa (63:27)
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January 2019 Grand Rounds: AIP Diagnosis, Increase VBAC Access, Low SES Perinatal Outcomes, Twin VBAC, UR Risk After UR, Obstetric Violence (58:46)
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October 2019 Grand Rounds: ADHD, Power, Scottish VBAC, Black neonatal morality, Mistreatment (71:56)
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November 2019 Grand Rounds: Satisfaction, Cardiovascular Mortality, Hiring Midwives, Stillbirth, Colorism (54:12)
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December 2019 Grand Rounds: Countries with High & Low VBAC Rates,Cesarean Guidelines, Sexual Problems, Obligations vs Desires, Latinx Preterm Birth, BMI (60:17)
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February 2020 Grand Rounds: Birth Experiences, Low SES & Midwifery Care, Vaginal Seeding, Pregnancy After Uterine Rupture, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction (61:49)
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March 2020 Grand Rounds: Probiotics & Preterm Birth, Prostaglandins After Cesarean, Unregulated Birth Workers, Longer Labors, Transgender Fathers (62:39)
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May 2020 Grand Rounds: Unscarred Uterine Rupture, Adolescent VBAC, Latinx & VBAC Calculator, Cost Savings, Racism Impacts, Vaginal Birth After Myomectomy (51:49)
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June 2020 Grand Rounds: Systemic Racism in Maternity Care: The Voices of Black Researchers (59:37)
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July 2020 Grand Rounds: Stiff Uterine Scars, Vaginal Breech, Preterm Birth, Peripartum Hysterectomies, TOLAC Bundles (67:02)
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September 2020 Grand Rounds: VBA2C, Decrease Cesareans, Induction, & Air Pollution & Heat (52:22)
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December 2020 Grand Rounds-Increasing Hospital VBAC Access: What Interventions Work and Why (50:19)
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January 2021 Grand Rounds: VBAC Induction (82:11)
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February 2021 Grand Rounds-Black Birth Joy: Honoring Black Birth Justice Organizations and the Lives They Impact (37:49)
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April 2021 Grand Rounds: How High BMI Impacts Cesarean Risk (61:38)
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January 2022 Grand Rounds: ARRIVE Trail - VBAC Edition, Castor Oil LAC Induction, VBAC Odds: Race & Insurance, US LAC/VBAC/LAMC/VBAMC Rates, VBAC Access During the Pandemic (62:33)
Virtual Meet Ups
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April 2018 Member Q&A Call (21:55)
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August 2018 Member Q&A Call (27:30)
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September 2018 Member Q&A Call (30:34)
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October 2018 Member Q&A Call (17:10)
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November 2018 Member Q&A Call (23:02)
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December 2018 Member Q&A Call (14:11)
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January 2019 Member Q&A Call (10:47)
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February 2019 Member Q&A Call (11:56)
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April 2020 Virtual Meet Up (55:48)
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January 2021 "Pieces of a Woman" Discussion (64:22)
