Lift VBAC Ban on Licensed Midwives
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SCDHEC is endangering the lives of pregnant women and babies by banning licensed midwives from attending out-of-hospital births for women with previous uterine surgery.
As doctors and hospitals increasingly deny normal/vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), some women bearing cesarean scars are choosing to stay home to avoid the knife.
Women who elect to avoid the risks of repeat cesarean should not be denied access to the skilled care licensed midwives provide.
In the rare event emergent complications occur, the presence of a midwife (who can recognize complications early and recommend transport to a hospital) improves outcomes.
I support access to out-of-hospital health care and ask that DHEC remove its high risk designation of VBAC thereby lifting the VBAC ban.
VBAC is a safe option for women and babies!
http://hencigoer.com/downloads/spin-doctor-research-birth.pdf
As doctors and hospitals increasingly deny normal/vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), some women bearing cesarean scars are choosing to stay home to avoid the knife.
Women who elect to avoid the risks of repeat cesarean should not be denied access to the skilled care licensed midwives provide.
In the rare event emergent complications occur, the presence of a midwife (who can recognize complications early and recommend transport to a hospital) improves outcomes.
I support access to out-of-hospital health care and ask that DHEC remove its high risk designation of VBAC thereby lifting the VBAC ban.
VBAC is a safe option for women and babies!
http://hencigoer.com/downloads/spin-doctor-research-birth.pdf
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Goal
565 signatures
Goal: 100
Latest Signatures
2 January 2016
29 December 2015
24 December 2015
23 December 2015
21 December 2015
561.
Kristen B
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Address & ZIP code
119 Westlake Ridge Drive Blythewood, SC 29016
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
2 Vaginal births
Additional
Even though both of children were born in hospitals does not mean I want my right to have a midwife next time I have a chi
21 December 2015
20 December 2015
559.
Kurt G
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Address & ZIP code
579 W Circle Road Gray Court, SC 29360
Additional
Informed healthy decisions should not be denied
20 December 2015
18 December 2015
14 December 2015
12 December 2015
4 December 2015
1 December 2015
553.
Jennifer R
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Address & ZIP code
302 E Richardson Ave, Hemingway 29554
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
2 unassisted homebirths, 1 cesarean 10 yrs prior
Additional
This ban must be stopped. Women should not have to choose between unassisted birth and risking unn
29 November 2015
552.
Arley L
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Address & ZIP code
4524 Sandy Ridge Rd Columbia, SC 29206
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
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28 November 2015
22 November 2015
7 November 2015
4 November 2015
548.
Shelly Z
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Address & ZIP code
1457 Bexley St North Charleston 29405
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
1 csec due to blood pressure, 1 csec due to VBAC denied
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4 November 2015
3 November 2015
31 October 2015
24 October 2015
9 October 2015
543.
Cindy K
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Address & ZIP code
117 Big Thursday Ct., Chapin, SC 29036
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
1 in birthing center, 1 at hospital, 2 at home - BEST were at home! Worse experience was the hospital!
Additional
Birth decisions are intensely personal and
6 October 2015
6 October 2015
541.
Melissa C
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Address & ZIP code
108 Bellinger Street, Walterboro, SC 29488
Brief Summary of Birth Experiences
16 years exp. as labor and delivery nurse, have worked in level 3 units, all the way down to homebirths
Additional
in my exp. VBAC's are overwhelmingly s
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Ernest Daniels
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Petition target:
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC)
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC)
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