CIMS and The Media
Press Releases
Raleigh, NC (Sept. 9, 2010)
Re-sent on Nov. 9, 2010, with 958 individual co-signers and 172 additional organizations listed at the end of this letter.
Richard N. Waldman, MD
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
PO Box 96920
Washington, DC 20090-6920
Dear Dr. Waldman:
The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) supports the March 2010 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Statement on VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and welcomes the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) revised guidelines, Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean Delivery (August 2010) aimed at providing women increased access to VBAC and clearly emphasizing women's autonomy and their right to make informed decisions about how they choose to give birth. However, CIMS is concerned that ACOG's unrevised recommendation that trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) should take place in hospitals where resources for emergency cesarean are "immediately available" will continue to deter providers and hospitals from supporting this option.
The NIH found that this "immediately available" recommendation was based on consensus and expert opinion rather than strong support from high-quality evidence. The NIH also reported that this recommendation has influenced about one-third of hospitals and one-half of physicians to no longer provide care for women who want a VBAC. All women in labor face unpredictable risks that may require an emergency cesarean, not just women laboring for a VBAC. This recommendation selectively applies a higher standard of safety for women who choose a trial of labor.
CIMS urges ACOG to reassess this specific guideline and remove the current barrier to women's access to VBAC.
In addition to respecting women's autonomy, the current guidelines emphasize the need for physicians to discuss the benefits and risks of both trial of labor and elective repeat cesarean early on in the pregnancy. This is a recommendation that CIMS strongly supports. The NIH identified the importance of evidence-based processes that incorporate women's values and preferences to help women with a previous cesarean make informed choices about mode of birth. Similarly, a key recommendation identified in the multi-stakeholder consensus report, Blueprint for Action: Steps Toward a High-Quality, High-Value, Maternity Care System is expanding the opportunities and capacity for a shared decision-making process and developing tools and resources to facilitate informed choices in maternity care.
In the light of these recommendations, CIMS urges ACOG to revise its patient education publications and on-line consumer resources to include comprehensive information on the benefits and risks of cesarean section and VBAC.
CIMS, whose mission is to promote the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative, an evidence-based wellness model of maternity care that will improve outcomes and reduce costs, urges ACOG to reconsider the "immediately available" recommendation and update its decision-making consumer resources. We believe that ACOG can make an even greater impact on increasing VBAC, reducing cesareans, and ultimately avoiding unnecessary harms to mothers and infants.
Sincerely,
Michelle Kendell, MBA, AAHCC
Chair, Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
On behalf of CIMS and the following organizational members of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS)
Co-Signed By:
Academy of Certified Birth Educators
American Association of Birth Centers
American College of Nurse-Midwives
The Big Push for Midwives
Birth Matters Virginia
Birth Network National
Birth Network of Santa Cruz
Choices in Childbirth
DONA International
International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA)
Lamaze International
Midwives Alliance of North America
North American Registry of Midwives
Our Bodies Ourselves
Perinatal Education Associates
Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation
toLabor: The Organization of Labor Assistants for Birth Options and Resources
Where's My Midwife?
Additional Signatures Collected Sept. 10, 2010, through Nov. 2, 2010:
1. 4 Hearts Services
2. a healing place
3. Active Health Chiropractic, PLC
4. Alabama Birth Coalition
5. Alaska Birth Network
6. Alaska Family Health & Birth Center
7. Alliance for Transforming the Lives of Children (aTLC.org)
8. American College of Community Midwives
9. An Everyday Miracle
10. Angelita Nixon, CNM, LLC
11. Apple Tree Family Ministries
12. Atlantic Coast Chiropractic, P.C.
13. Attachment Parenting International
14. Baby Love Midwifery Services
15. Baltimore Family Beginnings
16. Bay Area Birth Information (BABI)
17. Berkshire-Columbia Doulas
18. Big Belly Services
19. BINI Birth
20. Birth & Women's Center
21. Birth by Design
22. Birth Care Network (Louisville, KY Area)
23. Birth for Men
24. Birth Kalamazoo
25. Birth Matters OK
26. Birth Partners Pregnancy Mentors
27. BirthAction, Inc
28. BirthBasics
29. Birthing From Within
30. BirthLink & Family Wellness
31. BirthMatters.info
32. BirthNet of Albany, NY
33. BirthNet of the Finger Lakes
34. BirthNetwork of WNC
35. BirthWell in Birmingham
36. BirthWorks International
37. Body and Birth Massage
38. BOLD (Birth On Labor Day)
39. Boston Association for Childbirth Education
40. Breath of Life Women's Health & Birth Center
41. Center for the Childbearing Year
42. Central Indiana Nurse Midwives
43. Central Texas Doula Association
44. Charis Childbirth, Inc.
45. Charleston Birth Place
46. Chicago Community Midwives
47. Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association (CAPPA)
48. Childbirth Education Center
49. Childbirth Hypoosis Training - EASYBIRTHING.COM
50. Childbirth Options, LLC
51. Christian Community Health care Foundation
52. Christian Doula
53. Citizens for Midwifery
54. Coalition for Illinois Midwifery
55. Commonsense Childbirth Inc.
56. Commonwealth Midwives Alliance [VA]
57. Connecting with Expecting
58. Covenant Birth Center
59. Creciendo Juntos en Puerto Rico
60. Dancing For Birth
61. Dean Insurance Agency Inc.
62. Doula Association of the Mountain Area
63. Doula Caribe
64. Doula Network of Northeast Ohio
65. Doulananda Birth Services
66. Doulas Association of Southern California (DASC)
67. Doula's of Greater Kansas City
68. Doulas of Rhode Island
69. Early Parenting Support and Education
70. Earth Mother Midwife
71. EcoBirth
72. Edenway Birth Center
73. EmPoWeReD Birth
74. Empowering Birth Classes
75. Essence Wellness Center
76. Families for Safe Childbirth Choices
77. Family Tree Midwifery & Women's Health of CNY
78. Florida Friends of Midwives
79. Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery
80. Free Our Midwives
81. Gaia BirthWorks
82. Gravida's Bellies & Babies
83. Growing Mamas Birth Services
84. Happy Bambino, LLC
85. Harmony Birth & Family
86. Healthy Sprouts
87. Helping Hands Birth Support
88. Hudson Perinatal Consortium's Community Doula Program
89. Hypnobabies� Childbirth Hypnosis
90. ICAN of Central Arkansas
91. ICAN of Chicago (International Cesarean Awareness Network)
92. ICAN of Greater Cleveland
93. Idaho Midwifery Council
94. Informed Family Life
95. International Academy of Baby Planner Professionals
96. International Cesarean Awareness Network
97. JPMoms
98. Katy Birth Center
99. Knitted in the Womb
100. Knoxville Doula
101. Lane County Friends of the Birth Center
102. Local Care Midwifery, PLLC
103. Louisiana Natural Birth
104. M.O.M.S. ~ Moms Offering Moms Support
105. Mamaste Yoga
106. Massachusetts Midwives Alliance
107. Mercy &Truth Medical Missions, Inc. Birth Center
108. Midwives for Midwives and Women's Health International
109. Morgan Hill Family Wellness
110. Motherbaby International Film Festival
111. Mothers To Be And More
112. Motion Center, LLC
113. Mountain Midwifery Center
114. Mujeres Ayudando Madres Inc.
115. Nashville BirthNetwork
116. Natalie Doula and Pregnancy Support
117. National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
118. National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers
119. Natural Baby Pros
120. Natural Child Project
121. Natural Pure Essentials
122. New Birth Company, L3C
123. New Birth Midwifery
124. New York State Association of Licensed Midwives (NYSALM)
125. North Houston Birth Center, LLC
126. Northland Birth Network
127. NotJustSkin.org
128. Ohana Island Care Perinatal Support Services
129. Oklahoma Birth Network
130. Omaha Doulas Association
131. Panacea Wellness and Chiropractic
132. Passion for Birth
133. Piedmont Area Doula Association
134. Placenta Benefits.info
135. Planet Birth Childbirth Services
136. Professional Birthing Services
137. Puerto Rican Foundation for the Protection of Maternity and Childhood
138. Reading Birth and Women's Center
139. Rhode Island Birth Network
140. Rochester Area Birth Network
141. Sacred Birth Doula Services
142. Safe Birthing Information Network, Inc.
143. Sage Femme
144. Sage-femme Midwifery PLLC
145. Santa Barbara Midwifery
146. Seacoast Family Health Services
147. Serenity Birthing Services
148. Serenity Doula Services
149. Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University
150. Solace for Mothers, Inc.
151. South Coast Midwifery and Women's Health Care
152. South Dakota Safe Childbirth Options, Inc.
153. Special Beginnings Birth & Women's Center
154. Spinning Babies and Maternity House Publishing, Inc.
155. StrongStart Postpartum Doula Services, LLC
156. Texas Birth Center Coalition
157. The Bradley Method (r)
158. The Greenhouse Birth Center
159. The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
160. The Loft - Birthing & Parenting Enrichment Center
161. The Natural Birth Institute
162. Trillium Midwifery Care
163. Truckee Meadows BirthNetwork
164. Vail Valley Doula
165. Vermont Midwives Alliance
166. Warm Welcome Birth Services
167. Waterbirth International
168. West Texas Birth Services
169. WHBC
170. Women's Birth & Wellness Center
171. World Wide Womb Project, INC.
172. You Can Birth, LLC
1. Adriana Arcia, PhD(c), RN
2. Adriane C. Morrison, RN
3. Adrianna Costello-Martin, AAHCC (CBE)
4. Adrienne Kramer RN, BSN, CCE
5. Adrienne Leeds, Licensed Midwife
6. Aimee La Buy Crane, Esq., IBCLC
7. Alecia White Scharback
8. Alexandra Newmark
9. Alexis Abeln, RN
10. Ali Asher, Labor Doula
11. Alice Elliot
12. Alice G Turner
13. Alice Rich Lewis
14. Alicia Breakey, MA
15. Alicia E Holbrook
16. Alisa Henning, CNM
17. Alison Birdsey, CNM
18. Alissa Herbert
19. Alissa J Wehrman, CD
20. Allison Brunett, student midwife
21. Allison Giltrap, RN, BSN
22. Allison R. Koch, CNM
23. Allison Walsh IBCLC, LCCE, FACCE
24. Alyson Kirkpatrick
25. Alyson Knappe Davis
26. Alyssa Richter -Past Cesearean wanting a VBAC
27. Amanda B. Marcum
28. Amanda C Finchem
29. Amanda D. Jeffries
30. Amanda Hartman
31. Amanda Jane Haddad, RN-BSN, CPM
32. Amanda L. Lehr
33. Amanda Schutt
34. Amanda Shaw
35. Amanda Swift
36. Amanda Varva
37. Amanda Woolery, AAHCC
38. Amber L. Craig, MA
39. Amber Nibbelink
40. Amber R Cardenas
41. Amber Washington, CA
42. Amy B. Rosenhaus
43. Amy Breese, PCD(DONA),CLC
44. Amy C. Hoyt, CCE, CD
45. Amy Chavez, lmt
46. Amy J. Belling-Dunn, RN, BSN, SNM
47. Amy L. Gilliland, Ph.D., CD(DONA)
48. Amy M. Romano
49. Amy Marie Burns CLC
50. Amy Nylund
51. Amy Opatz CLC
52. Amy R. Zimmerman, BS Anth, MS Midwifery Student
53. Amy Stetson
54. Amy Warren, Ph.D., CLC
55. Amy Wilson
56. ANA C VEGA CALLES
57. Ana M. Parrilla Rodr�guez, MD, MPH, FABM
58. Ana Paula Markel
59. Ananda Lowe, co-author of The Doula Guide To Birth (Bantam Books)
60. Anastasia Kay Rossetti
61. Anastasia L. Doherty, CNM, LM
62. Anastasia Tania Zotou M.D.
63. Andie Gunter
64. Andrea Crane, CT
65. Andrea Felsinger, doula
66. Andrea Franklin
67. Andrea G. Bowling
68. Andrea H. Zengion
69. Andrea J. Archer
70. Andrea Jones
71. Andrea L Richman
72. Andrea Quarles
73. Andrea Rae
74. Andrea Rutherford, CCCE,CLC
75. Andrea S. Meyer
76. Andrew Carter
77. Anessa Little
78. Angela Chisholm, CNM
79. Angela Freeman Eldridge
80. Angela M Debelak
81. Angela May
82. Angela R. Fagg
83. Angela Sharp
84. Angela T. Schweiberger
85. Ann Geisler
86. Ann H Sober RN
87. Ann H. Shopoff,BSN, CD(DONA)
88. Ann Jonas
89. Ann Smith PsyD LP
90. Anna Matsumoto, CA
91. Anna May McCaughan, CD(DONA)
92. Anna Morin
93. Anne Barrientos, BA, ICCE
94. Anne Barron
95. Anne Iverson
96. Anne M. Bailey
97. Anne M. Hurlbut
98. Anne Margolis CNM
99. Anne Marie Gustin
100. Anne Pilli, CD(DONA)
101. Anne Robin
102. Annetta M. Kokkinen
103. Annie Coon
104. Anton Antonovich
105. April Durham
106. Arianne L. Benedetto, AAHCC
107. Ariel Herrlich
108. Asela Calhoun, BS, MA
109. Ashley Brennan
110. Ashley Larsen
111. Ashley Lewis, Ph.D.
112. Ashlynn Sylvain
113. Asia Garcia
114. Aszani Kunkler, CNM, MSN
115. Audra Karp, CPM
116. Aurietha J. Cecil
117. Aurora Keffeler
118. Autumn Vergo NHCM, CPM
119. B. Grace McGarry
120. B. Kristine Burneko LCCE
121. Barb Aseo
122. Barbara A. Hotelling
123. Barbara Friedman, MA
124. Barbara Kozlowski, CNM
125. Barbara Kugler, MA
126. Barbara Rawlings, LM, CPM
127. Becky Raymond
128. Bernice M Keutzer APN CNM
129. Beth Braman BSN, RN
130. Beth Brown, CD(DONA), CLC
131. Beth Brownstein CD(DONA) CLCV
132. Beth Hagesfeld, MA
133. Bethany Carter, FL
134. Bethany D. Wagler, CPM
135. Bethany E. Gates
136. Betsy K. Schwartz, MMHS, PCD(DONA)
137. Betsy Woods
138. Betsy Zile, C-section and VBAC mother
139. Billee Wolff, RN, CD(DONA), LCCE
140. BJ Mackinnon, CPM, CNM, MS
141. Blanche C Skubic, MSN, CNM
142. Bobbi J. Platte
143. Bonika VEga
144. Brandi Doucet
145. Brandi Schmit,LMT,CD(DONA)
146. Brenda Bach
147. Brenda Emanuel
148. Brittany Cromar
149. Brittany L. Blankenship
150. Brittany Newton
151. Brooke Hosey
152. C. Shivani Lash, CPM
153. Callie Minton
154. Camellia May
155. Camille Eldridge
156. Candace D.Box, LMT
157. Cara Flores
158. Caren Oberg Gomes
159. Carnley Elizabeth Proud
160. Carol A. Downer
161. Carol Lyn Wauford
162. Carol Tenneriello, RN, IBCLC
163. Carol Van Der Woude, B.S.N.
164. Carol Westbrooks RN, BSN, IBCLC, RLC, LCCE
165. Carole Glatter Lax, RN
166. Carole Kavanagh
167. Carole S Pulaski RN, BSN, MSA, CPHQ
168. Caroline Randall
169. Carolyn Eldridge, LM/RN
170. Carolyn Ogren, RN, ICCE, CD(DONA)
171. Carrie Reed Ballek
172. Cassandra Wright Fields, RN
173. Catherine A. Crosby, RN
174. Catherine McCormick, Esq., CBE, pending CD(DONA)
175. Cathleen & Gary Miller
176. Chandra DeGroff
177. Chandra Stewart, CD(DONA), NE
178. Charlene Tyrrell, M.A., CD(DONA)
179. Charlotte Weisberg
180. Cherie Zappas Tannenbaum, NP, IBCLC
181. Cheryl Anderson
182. Cheryl Clearwater
183. Cheryl L. Price, PA, IBCLC, LCCE, CD(DONA)
184. Cheryl Ross Hollifield, CNM
185. Cheryl Steiner
186. Christa Bartley, RN
187. Christie Craigie-Carter
188. Christina Yon, RN
189. Christine Cleary
190. Christine Forro
191. Christine McFarland
192. Christy Martin CPM, LM, RN
193. Christy Santoro, CPM
194. Christy Yoder
195. Chrystin Comeau AAHCC
196. Chukwuma Onyeije, M.D.
197. Clare F. Johnson
198. Coleen Salazar, BA, CLE
199. Colleen Donovan-Batson, CNM, MS
200. Connie Myers RN, LCCE
201. Connie Sultana, BA, CD(DONA), ICCE, LCCE
202. Constance Kieltyka CNM
203. Cora Vanwolf
204. Corie Bussell Paz
205. Courtney Dahlgaard
206. Courtney L Everson, MA
207. Courtney N. Love
208. Courtney Slater
209. Courtney Stern
210. Cristin Traylor
211. Crystal Skahan, NH
212. Cynthea Denise, R.N. ryt
213. Cynthia A. Johnson
214. Cynthia Cohen
215. Cynthia G. Crosby
216. Cynthia Good Mojab, MS, IBCLC, RLC, CATSM
217. D. Freudenberg
218. Dallas Bossola, BAI Postparum Doula
219. Dana Merk, RN, MSN
220. Dana N. Nassau
221. Danette Lee, MS, CNM
222. Daniel Doyle, R.T. (N)(R)
223. Danielle J. Nichols
224. Danielle Marie Gutshall
225. Danielle R. Wadkins
226. Danika N. Severino, RN, BSN
227. Daria Jacobs-Velde, OH
228. Darlene Lester, childbirth instructor
229. Darlene MacAuley
230. David Cockrell
231. Dawnell Jensen- Bud to Blossom Birth Doula Services
232. Dayna Sedam
233. dC Gloria, UBAC at Home 17th July 2009
234. Deanna J DiNapoli
235. DeAnna Marler
236. Deb Johnson
237. Debbie L. Burns
238. Debbie Lane
239. Deborah D. Gary, CD (DONA)
240. DEBORAH JOYCE BALTROMITIS
241. Deborah Kay Lohnes
242. Deborah Sandler, R.N.
243. Deborah Woolley, CNM, PhD, MPH(c)
244. Debra A. Miller, RN, IBCLC
245. Debra Casey, MSN
246. Debra Catlin, ICCE-CPE, CD(DONA)
247. Debra Cerruti, MFA, AAHCC, CD(DONA),RYT
248. Debra Pascali-Bonaro
249. Debra Siegel, CNM, MS, RN
250. Debrah Cumberbatch-Lewis
251. Dee Mixer
252. Dee Pullen, doula, HypnoBirthing Practitioner, lactation counselor
253. Deena C. Scintilla RN, FACCE
254. Deena H Blumenfeld, RYT
255. Deidre Sanchez
256. Delia Camp RN, BSN
257. Denise M. Hayes
258. Denise S. Hibben, ACDM, Doula
259. Denna L. Suko, MA
260. Desiree Tamsky
261. Diana C. Diaz
262. Diana C. Kay, CCE, CD(DONA)
263. Diana McCleery, CBE
264. Diane C. Roman
265. Diane C. Smith RN, BSN, LCCE, IBCLC
266. Diane Lawley, RN, CLC
267. Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCC
268. Diane York R.N., B.S.N., A.P.
269. Dina Jenney
270. Diony Young
271. donna bringenberg
272. Donna Wallace,BSN, RNC-OB
273. Douglas peoples
274. Dr. Jill A. Kuhn
275. Dr. Lori Flanagan
276. Dulce Lopez Ruiz
277. E. Kristin Milner Evans
278. Edith B. Fowler
279. Eileen Sendrey
280. Eileen Sullivan
281. Elayne Glantzberg
282. Elika Aird
283. Elisabeth Cherland
284. Elizabeth B. Nelson, LPN, CLC, CBE, PD
285. Elizabeth Irvin
286. Elizabeth L. O'Hara
287. Elizabeth L. Schweizer
288. Elizabeth Larson-DiPippo
289. Elizabeth M Crosby
290. Elizabeth S.K. Reiner
291. Elke Saunders, AK
292. Ellen A. Felley, RN, LCCE, CD(DONA)
293. Ellen Seebacher
294. Ellen Sidles-Farhi CD(DONA) CLC
295. Ellie Shea, RN
296. Ellise D. Adams CNM
297. Emily Bergeron CD(DONA)
298. Emily C Best
299. Emily Marynczak, AAHCC
300. Emily Mitchell
301. Erica Hope, CD
302. Erica Lockwood, Doula
303. Erin Graham, NY
304. Erin Leigh Lowery
305. Erin Monast
306. Erin T. Hall
307. Erin Thompson
308. Erin Thomson
309. esther gallagher. doula
310. Eveith Cynthia Miller Lic Midwife
311. Evelyn A Margot
312. Evelyn Ojeda-Fox
313. Faith Terry, RNC, LCCE, FACCE
314. Farah Diaz-Tello, Esq.
315. Farrah Collver
316. Fatma Cosar
317. Francine Madrid
318. Gabriela Ammann, CD (DONA), LCCE
319. Gabriele V Haynes
320. Gail Cirlin-Lazerus, LMSW, LCCE in training
321. Gail N. Tully, CPM
322. Georg'ann Cattelona, PhD, CD(DONA), LCCE
323. Geradine Simkins, CNM, MSN
324. Gillian B. Nelson
325. Gillian Hughes Lyter
326. Gina D. Cherrix
327. Gina G. Dacosta
328. Gini Affuso
329. Gini Baker, RN, MPH, IBCLC
330. Grace Zuercher
331. Gracie Koester
332. Gretchen E. Bronson
333. Gretchen J. Tollefson
334. Gwen C Peters, CD(DONA)
335. Gwendolyn Cameron, LMSW
336. Heather C. Jordan, RN
337. Heather Case-Hall
338. Heather Demos Paramedic
339. Heather Hilton-Melancon
340. Heather Hogan, CNM
341. Heather J. Johnson
342. Heather L Paris, BA, ICCE
343. Heather M. Grabert
344. Heather Meyer
345. Heather Milam
346. Heather Pollock Green, CPM, RM
347. Heidi Aquino
348. Heidi Dahlborg, LM
349. Heidi Hulberg
350. Heidi J Kirk
351. Helene Thompson-Scott CNM
352. Helene Woulms
353. Henci Goer
354. Hillarie M. Lara
355. Holly Wiersma, CD(DONA)
356. Horatio Daub MD
357. Ina May Gaskin, CPM, PhD (Hon.)
358. Inga K Savage
359. Ingrid Andersson, CNM
360. J. Alane Park
361. Jackie Griggs
362. Jacqueline Levine, BA, LCCE, FACCE, CD(DONA), CLC
363. Jacqueline. C. Ganshirt, MSN, CNM
364. Jacquline Prescott
365. Jade Groff
366. Jaime Campbell
367. Jaime Reed
368. James W. Prescott, Ph.D.
369. Jami Hain, RN, SNM
370. Jamie Daniel MD
371. Jamie L. Dellesky
372. Jamie Swietlikowski
373. Jana Studelska, Licensed Midwife, Minnesota
374. Jane C. Dodge, MLIS
375. Jane Hendry
376. Jane LaBelle, CAMQ, CAMT, CD(DONA)
377. Jane Pincus
378. Janeen Breyman
379. Janelle Lucido-Conate
380. Janelle M. Repp, PBA, CBE, LE
381. Janet Hirsch-Ettenger, RN, CD(DONA)
382. Janet M DeCoopman MS, RN, CNM
383. Jasmine Stone
384. Jeanne Anderson, student midwife, certified doula
385. Jeanne Batacan
386. Jeanne Madrid, CPM
387. Jen Friedman, BSN, nurse midwife
388. Jen Repenshek
389. Jenae Huffman Proctor
390. Jenifer Darnold
391. Jenise Lemon
392. Jenna Deckert
393. Jennie Joseph LM, CPM
394. Jennifer A. Jordan
395. Jennifer Anders, Lic. Ac
396. Jennifer Brandt
397. Jennifer C. Keith
398. Jennifer Cox
399. Jennifer Dembo, CCE, CD(DONA)
400. Jennifer E. Hirsch, RN, BSN
401. Jennifer Gadoua, RN, SNM
402. Jennifer Griebenow
403. Jennifer Gwen Jagger, CNM
404. Jennifer Haas
405. Jennifer Highland
406. Jennifer Holshoe
407. Jennifer L. Amann
408. Jennifer L. Coble, Labor Doula
409. Jennifer L. Elfner, CD(DONA) LMT
410. Jennifer Langlois
411. Jennifer M. Vermeer, CD(DONA)
412. Jennifer MacBlane, RN (graduate midwife)
413. Jennifer Steinbach, PCD(DONA)
414. Jenny Huss
415. Jeremy Andersen
416. Jeremy Milam
417. Jerry Fields
418. Jess Larsen, MA
419. Jesse Kelly
420. Jesse Rae Higdon, CLC, Doula
421. Jessi Frenzel, AAHCC
422. Jessica Deltac, M.A.
423. Jessica Greenwood
424. Jessica Johnson
425. Jessica Lakey
426. Jessica Morgan
427. Jessica Newbauer
428. Jessica Olson
429. Jessie A. Peters
430. Jill A. Bergmann
431. Jill Anderson
432. Jo Anne Lindberg MEd ABT
433. Jo Crawford,CD,CBE
434. Jo Kilburn
435. Joan Bryant, CD(DONA) ICCE, CLE
436. Joan-e Rapine
437. Joanne Gottschall, CPM, RNC
438. Jocelyn J Fry
439. Jodi Jean Winemiller
440. Jodi Palmieri, BSN
441. Joni Lanza
442. Joni Nichols BS MS CCE CD(DONA) (CBI)
443. Jos� J. Gorr�n-Peralta, MD, MPH, FACOG, FABM
444. Joyce Elliott, RN
445. Joyce Wilder, CNM
446. Judith Lienhard
447. Judith P. Rooks, CNM, MS, MPH
448. Judy M. Dytiandu
449. Judy Machorek CD(DONA) LCCE
450. Judy Major, MPH, CD(DONA)
451. Judy Osborne CNM
452. Judy Politzer, CNM
453. Julie Dennis, C.C.E.
454. Julie Doyle
455. Julie Gladney BS, IBCLC
456. Julie Hilberg-Hunt
457. Julie M. Smith
458. Julie Olson
459. Julie Wood
460. Kara White
461. Karen Brody
462. Karen Deblack
463. Karen Ehrlich, CPM, MA
464. Karen Pecora, LM/CPM
465. Kari A. Birchler
466. Karin Weidenmueller
467. Karynewright
468. Katarina Briggler
469. Katharine Robinson Grieder
470. Katharine V. Gallagher
471. Katherine Dahl, PT, CD(DONA)
472. Katherine M Potter
473. Kathleen Dermady McMahon Licensed Midwife
474. Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis, M.Ed. IBCLC
475. Kathleen Gillet
476. Kathleen Hickey, CD(DONA)
477. Kathleen Kendell Stawara
478. Kathleen McCormick Deol CNM
479. Kathrin Auger, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
480. Kathryn Dimpfl, cce
481. Kathryn L Berkowitz, LCCE,CPD,CLA
482. Kathryn M.L. Konrad, MS, RNC-OB, LCCE
483. Kathryn Moore, RN, ICCE
484. Kathy A. Bradley
485. Kathy Lewis
486. Kathy Morelli, LPC
487. kathy obrien
488. Kathy Petersen
489. Kathy Sepesy, BSN, M.Ed., FACCE, CD
490. Kathy Uschmann
491. Kathy Voigtsberger, CD(DONA), AAHCC
492. Kathy Woo, MS, CHT
493. Katie Reitman
494. Katrina Pinkerton-Lloyd, ICCE
495. Katy Vega
496. Kavita K. Macleod
497. Kelli B. Haywood, MAT
498. Kelli Marshall, Birth Doula
499. Kelli Sprouse
500. Kelly Fischer
501. Kelly M. Renn
502. Kelly Olmstead, LM, CPM
503. Kelly Reinhardt
504. Kelly Shinners, RN
505. Kelly Sicoli, RN
506. Kelly Zajac
507. Kendra Morrigan
508. Kerry Reynolds, VA
509. Kiersten Scheule
510. Kim Bradlee
511. Kim Craig
512. Kim Freed
513. Kim L. Mosny, CPM, LM
514. Kim Wildner
515. Kimberley K Stanley
516. Kimberly Honrado-Fritsch
517. Kimberly M. Greenway
518. Kimberly Winkleman, AAHCC
519. Kirsten Gerrish, CDM
520. Klarissa M Jones, AAHCC
521. Kolmi Majumdar
522. Krista Coombs
523. Krista L. Casper
524. Krista Mays
525. Kristen Benoit, LM, CPM, BSM
526. Kristen Cates CNM
527. Kristen Gregory
528. Kristen J. Carter
529. Kristen M. Gibson
530. Kristen Tamblyn
531. Kristin Ashby
532. Kristin Eggleston, LM, CPM
533. Kristin J. Rauscher
534. Krystal Long
535. Krystil Hoexum
536. Lachelle Anderson
537. Lakeisha M. Dennis, MTS
538. LaReese Bennett, AAHCC
539. Larissa Grandi
540. Larissa L Halsell
541. Laura A. Menenberg, RN
542. Laura Bentz
543. Laura Buzzell
544. Laura DePreta AAHCC
545. Laura Furniss, CD(DONA)
546. Laura H. Gilkey
547. Laura Harrison, AAHCC
548. Laura Jean B. Pulscher
549. Laura Jordan
550. Laura Nyman
551. Lauren A Wildrick
552. Lauren B. Jacobs
553. Lauren Dawson Strebel, CD(DONA)
554. Lauren Olson Sidford
555. Lauren S Shields
556. Laurie Misaki RN
557. Leah A Terhune CNM
558. Leah Dodds
559. Leanne Gonzalez-Singer
560. Leda Ward
561. lee Volaski
562. Leea M. Thompson Fudge, RN
563. Leilani Elizabeth Hall, RN, MSNc
564. Lenley Lewis
565. Leon Schimmel,MD
566. Lesley Rathbun CNM FNP
567. Lesli Dodge-Harrer
568. Leslie A. Donovan
569. Leslie Fehan, CNM, WHNP
570. Leslie Lytle, MS, CMA, RYT500
571. Leslie M. Payne, CPM
572. Limary Lorenzo mendez PhDc, PC
573. Lina Leigh Wood, CNM
574. Linda Handley
575. Linda M Herrick, BSN, RNC, CCE, CLE, CD (DONA)
576. Linda Taylor
577. Lindsay R. Casten
578. Lindsey Carr-Ruck, Midwife and Doula
579. Liorit Frank-Kremer
580. Lisa A. Paul
581. Lisa Beth Houchins
582. Lisa Carlascio
583. Lisa Luokkala
584. Lisa M Heffner
585. Lisa Marie Whitener
586. Lisa N Conforti
587. Lisa O'Rourke Goulet RN, IBCLC
588. Lisa Przybysz, D.C.
589. Lisa Roerdink
590. Lisa Sharp
591. Lise Landry Alives
592. Liz Gaudette, RN, LCCE, CD(DONA)
593. Liza Aslor
594. Loelle Poneleit
595. Lois Freedman, MEd, CCE
596. Lorelei Russ
597. Lori L Swain
598. Lorie Lape, BSN, RNC-OB
599. Lou Ann Damsma
600. Love A Burkett
601. Lucy Coley
602. Lupi Nicholls-Reyes, BSN, RN
603. Luz M. Chacon, MPH
604. Lynette Barker
605. Lynn D. Barnett
606. Lynn Leischner, doula
607. Lynn M. Olson, CNM, WHNP
608. M. Brian Lowery
609. Madalyn Morris
610. Maddy Cassell
611. Maddy Oden
612. Madhavi Gupta, MD
613. Maegen Kolberg
614. Maggie J Jennings
615. Mandi R. Call
616. Mandy L. Mattos
617. Maranda Williamson
618. Marcia Wilwerding
619. Marcy A. Sauter
620. Maren Anderson
621. Margaret A. Friedenberg
622. Margaret Christensen, MD, FACOG
623. Margaret Hutchinson
624. Margaret Y. Franzen
625. Margie Levy, CLE, CD(DONA), CLD
626. Maria D Vazquez RN, BSN
627. Maria Dolorico, M. Ed., CD(DONA)
628. Maria J. Brooks, CD (DONA), LCCE, FACCE
629. Maria M. Juiz Gallego
630. Marianna Terhune
631. Marianne Calvanese, ND
632. Mariel Alvarez
633. Marilyn Fayre Milos, RN
634. Marilyn Hildreth, RN, IBCLC, ICCE, CD(ICEA/DONA)
635. Marina Codiga
636. Marla K. Hicks, RN-BC
637. Marla Schmitz
638. Martha Turner, CNM, MSN
639. Martine Jean-Baptiste, CNM
640. Marva Solt, CD(DONA)
641. Mary A Borra CNM
642. Mary Ahlborn CD(DONA)
643. Mary Ann Nelson
644. Mary B. DeLashmutt, PhD, CNM
645. Mary Carol Akers, CNM, PhD
646. Mary Connelly, RNC-OB
647. Mary Jackson, RN, LM
648. Mary Kay Ayers CNM
649. Mary Lawlor, CPM
650. Mary Oliver Humke, MEd, IBCLC
651. Mary Stout
652. MaryAnn Smith, CNM, ARNP
653. Mary-Margaret Bouwman
654. MaryRobin Gibson
655. Maud Rouleau Mabee
656. Maureen Wahhab, BSN, RN, CCE
657. Meema Spadola
658. Meg Glidden
659. Meg Smith, PA
660. Megan Bozman
661. Megan Bukay Wilson
662. Megan Day Suhr
663. Megan E. Blackburn
664. Megan Hill CPM
665. Megan J Morton CCCE
666. Megan King
667. Megan Siegal
668. Meggan Torres
669. Megumi Burr-Tolliver
670. Melanie Howarter
671. Melanie Kotalac
672. Melia Gordon, CD(DONA), HCHD
673. Melinda Kane, Ph.D.
674. Melissa Allen, RNv
675. Melissa Hansen
676. Melissa Hunter, PCD(DONA), CLC
677. Melissa Lambert
678. Melissa Pate RN
679. Melissa R. Joers, MO
680. Melissa Sablack Gonzalez, LCCE, CD(DONA)
681. Melissa Yetter RN CLC
682. Merideth L. Geers, CNM, MSN
683. Michael Woulms II
684. Michele A. Romano, MS, RN, LCCE, IBCLC
685. Michele L. Ondeck, RN, MEd, LCCE, IBCLC
686. Michelle Adelewitz, RN
687. Michelle Burton
688. Michelle Carlson
689. Michelle Dahlberg
690. Michelle Howell
691. Michelle Kendell, Chair, CIMS
692. Michelle M Ruffalo CPM
693. Michelle Ramsay
694. Michelle Rimmel-Maisonville
695. Michelle S. Breen, MHS
696. Micky Jones, BS, CLD, CD(DONA), HCHI, IBCLC
697. midwife
698. Mikayla Breneman, TPH
699. Mimi Desjarlais, AAHCC and LLLLeader
700. Mindy Johnson
701. Miranda R Carr
702. Mistee D. St. Clair
703. Misty O'Brien
704. Misty Warren, ICCE
705. Moira Tannenbaum, CNM, MSN
706. Molly Remer, MSW, ICCE, CCCE
707. Monica Daniel
708. Monika Suri, MS, RD, CLE
709. Monnie Reba Efross
710. Morgan Poole
711. MR. Wayne Spencer
712. Mrs. Angela Bailey
713. Mrs. Brenna Qualls
714. Mrs. Charity Trott
715. Mrs. Ellen L. Culpepper, CLC
716. Mrs. Jeanine E Moyer
717. Mrs. Kimberly Crews
718. Mrs. Ursula Ferreira, certified doula and bodyworker
719. Ms Yelena
720. Ms. Catherine Goodman
721. Nadine M. Buck
722. Nancy Berntsen, RN BSN AAHCC 2010, CT
723. Nancy Howland
724. Nancy J Chase RN
725. Nancy Lomen, CD(DONA), ICCBE
726. Nancy Madru, MA, CLD, CPD, CCCE
727. Nancy Makransky RN CD(DONA) CLC
728. Naomi Pless, M.D.
729. Natalia Spytek, FL
730. Natalie Boberg
731. Natalie S. Loeper
732. Natalie Wommack RNC, CPM
733. Nathan Batchelder
734. Nicette Jukelevics, MA, ICCE
735. Nick Emrath
736. Nickie Kerrigan, Midwife
737. Nicola Edghill, MA
738. Nicole Deggins, CNM, MSN, MPH
739. Nicole Heidbreder
740. Nicole T. Lassiter, CNM, MSN, WHNP
741. Nikki Lee RN, BSN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
742. Nikole Mitchell
743. Oesa Hauch
744. Pam England
745. Pam Peach,L.M.
746. Pamela A. Candelaria
747. Pamela C. Rhodes CPM, LM
748. Pamela Gaw
749. Pamela McKimie, DCP(AAIM), CBE, CHCD
750. Pamela Napp CD, PCD (DONA)
751. Pat Burkhardt, CM, DrPH
752. Patrice E. Bobier, CPM
753. Patrice Nichole Byers
754. Patricia Jones
755. Patricia Schultz, CD(DONA), CCCE(CAPPA), Birth Asst.
756. Patti Treubert, BS, ICCE-CPE, CD(DONA), CLC, CPST
757. Pauli Fyffe
758. Pauline Rzepecki
759. Pauline Sakamoto MS, PHN, RN
760. Peggy DeZinno, RN, BSN, CCE
761. Peggy Franklin CPM
762. Peggy Hinkle
763. Peggy J. Spencer
764. Penny Simkin, PT, CD(DONA), CCE
765. Quinn Blaiklock, Doula
766. R. Olayokun
767. Rachael Johnson
768. Rachael McNamara
769. Rachael Mueller
770. Rachel A Haws, PhD
771. Rachel Collis
772. Rachel Dixon
773. Rachel Dowling
774. Rachel Emrath
775. Rachel Golden
776. Rachel Jimenez
777. Rachel M. Hillman
778. Rachel Powers
779. Rae Davies
780. Raina H Snyder
781. RanDee Ochinero
782. Raquel Medina Rampolla
783. Rebecca S. Padilla RN
784. Rebecca Sorensen
785. Rebekah M. Bissell
786. Rebekah Nicholas
787. Rebekah Wheeler
788. Reise Tanner
789. rena sassi, MA
790. Renee Adler Ascher
791. Renee Centore-Kelly
792. Renelle Assmus, Birth Doula
793. Rhonda Schonberger
794. Riana M. Dittel, RN
795. Rilla Rinaldi
796. Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
797. Robert Andersen
798. Roberta M. Scaer, M.S.S.
799. Robin B. Lewis
800. Robin E. Laursen, BSN, RNC-MNN
801. Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE-CPE, LCCE
802. Robyn Thompson, MSW, LMSW, MPH
803. Ronnie Falcao, LM MS CPM
804. Rosie Peterson
805. Rowen Holland, CD, SM
806. ROXANN M. GORDON RN, MS, CNM
807. Ruth Wilf, CNM, PhD, CIMS Leadership Team
808. Sabine Omvik, CD
809. Sadie Rose Lake
810. Sally Dear-Healey
811. Sally Obremski
812. Sally Riley, BS, CCE CLE, CD (DONA)
813. Samantha L. Dunn-Wilson
814. Sandi Angotti
815. Sandi Blankenship
816. Sandra L Szalay, RN, CD, MPHc
817. Sandy Karp, RN, BSN
818. SandyWeeks ANP/CPM
819. Sara Adler
820. Sara Allison Weisman, LCCE, LLL Leader, Mother
821. Sara E. Berg, MA, MS
822. Sara Knight
823. Sara Williamson
824. Sarah Chrastina
825. Sarah D Erb
826. Sarah DeGroff, childbirth educator
827. Sarah E H Davis
828. Sarah Haines
829. Sarah J. Davis
830. Sarah J. Green
831. Sarah J. Simmons, CNM
832. Sarah R Wallbaum
833. Sarah Sutton, CNM
834. Sasha Lindberg
835. Savita Jones, CPM, LM
836. Scottie Buehler CPM,LM
837. Seanda Bradshaw, Doula
838. Selena Shelley, MA, CD, LCCE, CHBE
839. Shannon Blackwell
840. Shannon Church
841. Shannon Countryman, RN
842. Shannon Cowan, BC
843. Shannon Kelsch
844. Shannon Maaske, CNM
845. Shannon Padlog
846. Shannon Zeeb
847. Shanta Williams
848. Shari Aizenman, LMT, CD(DONA)
849. Sharon Berger
850. Sharon C. Watkins
851. Sharon Carter, CNM
852. Sharon Foster, CNM
853. Sharon Johns
854. Sharon L. Nottingham RN, BSN, MPH
855. Sharon Muza, BS, CD(DONA) LCCE, New Moon Birth
856. Sharyl Felice
857. Shauntel Glover
858. Shayna A. Rohwer, PhD
859. Shea Richland
860. Shelly G. Harris
861. Sheridan N. Ripley
862. Sherri H. Daigle, Licensed Midwife
863. Sherry DeVries CPM, LM, CNM, MSN
864. Sherry Oldfield RN CNM
865. Sherwood Dunlop
866. Shira Schuster, M.A.
867. Shirley Sheffield
868. ShLanda Burton,B.S.,B.S.
869. Sigrid Nelsson-Ryan, RN, IBCLC, CD,LCCE, FACCE
870. Simone Snyder CD (DONA), ICCE, LMT
871. Sonya Harden, RN, MSN
872. Staci Bishop
873. Stacie M. Bingham
874. Stacy B Holden
875. Stacy B. Smith
876. Stacy L. Shaw, CD(DONA)
877. Stana Weisburd, LMT
878. Stefany L. Mills
879. Stephanie Austin
880. Stephanie J. Trauner, CD(DONA)
881. Stephanie Kingsbury
882. Stephanie M Mosscrop
883. Stephanie Sosnowski
884. Stephanie Voss
885. Stephanie Winegardner
886. Stormy Antonovich
887. Stuart J. Fischbein, MD FACOG
888. Sue Coffman, CD(DONA), AAHCC, BA(Soc)
889. Summer Faria
890. Summer M Martinez
891. Sunday Tortelli, CCE, CD(DONA), HBCE, LCCE, CLC
892. Sunny Daily
893. Sunshine Kahmann, D.C., C.D.
894. Susan B. Wold
895. Susan F. Peterson
896. Susan J. Remillard, CPD
897. Susan Rannestad LM, CM,
898. Susan Steffes, PT, CD(DONA)
899. Susan Toler
900. Susanne Scott Rosenfeld
901. Suzanne Carrington CNM,MSN
902. Suzanne M. Clendenin, CD(DONA)
903. Suzanne Wertman, CNM
904. Sybille Stillger Andersen, CPM
905. Sylva B Menard, RN, CLC
906. Sylvia J Boyd, PT, IBCLC
907. Sylvia Star-Lack, CD(DONA), ICCE
908. T. Phenneger
909. Tami Conklin, VA
910. Tammy Gifford, VBAC mom of 4
911. Tara Kavanagh
912. Tara N. Gaston, J.D.
913. Taryn Aponte, NY
914. Taryn Goodwin, CD(DONA)
915. Teresa M. Nava-Anderson, PhD, CD(DONA)
916. Teri J Kesti
917. Teri S Gjerseth MSN LM CNM
918. Terri M. Myers, ICCE
919. Terri Woods, CD(DONA)
920. Terrie Watkins CNM
921. Theresa A. Williams (member of DONA International)
922. Theresa Reichley ICCE
923. Tina Aversano
924. Tina Cassidy
925. Tine Reese
926. Toni Keys, ICCE, CD(DONA)
927. Tora R. Spigner RN MSN
928. Tracey L. Guthrie
929. Tracey Palen
930. Tracey S. Wingold, LCSW
931. Tracy L. Dole
932. Trebor Sutler
933. Tricia Mittra
934. Tricia Spears
935. Trisha Coughlin
936. Trisha Ingram
937. Tzivya Kraus, CD(DONA), LMT, L.Ac
938. Uta Mattox, CD(DONA)
939. Valerie Erlandson, Birth Doula CD(DONA)
940. Valerie Schuster
941. Vangee Guettinger, RN, IBCLC
942. Veronica Aranda Rice
943. Vicki Johnson, LM, CPM, B.S.
944. Victoria Macioce-Stumpf, ICCE, CD (CAPPA, DONA)
945. Virginia Batson
946. Virginia Bennett
947. Virginia Carlsten
948. Virginia Gladwin CNM
949. Wendy Anne McCarty, PhD, RN
950. Wendy Dobesh
951. Wendy M. Gordon, CPM, LM
952. Wendy Morgan Kubica
953. Wendy Shiffer, CD(DONA), CHBI, DFB, PES(PBi)
954. Work with Midwives
955. Xylina Weaver, CLE
956. Yana Katzap-Nackman, BA, IBCLC, CD(DONA), PCD(DONA)
957. Zakia Coriaty Nelson, MPH
958. Zeresh Altork