Rolla Birth Network

Registration for vendor tables at is officially closed! We are filled to the brim with neat businesses and organizations. See you Saturday!

It's about that time! event is up and collecting vendors.

Save the date! MamaFest 2015 will be August 22 this year.

Rainbow Group meets TONIGHT ~ 6pm - 8pm. We're going to try out a new meeting space, WomanSpace. 1081A E. 18th Street. (Tara Day Spa next to Forum Theater)

Cool!

Russell House Needs List for January 2015
*Very Urgent*
Individual Bottles Hand Soap
Hand Sanitizer
Lysol
Slippers and House Shoes for Women and Children
Boys and Girls Pajamas
Womens Scrubs
Diaper Rash Cream
Pillows (NEW Only)
Towels
*Urgent*
Womens Pajamas
Tampons
Girl's Underwear (NEW Only)
Baby Wipes
Washcloths
Twin Size Blankets
Other Needs
Womens, Girls, and Boys Socks
Womens Underwear (NEW Only)
Boys Underwear (NEW Only)
Boys Shoes
Girls and Boys Coats and Jackets
Pack-N-Plays
Twin Sheets
Paper Towels
Kleenex
Powdered Laundry Soap
Toilet Paper

Another legislative session, another midwifery licensing bill! Midwives (Certified Nurse Midwives and Certified Professional Midwives) are already legal here in Missouri, but currently CPMs do not have a licensing board.

Missouri HB521 | 2015 | Regular Session Bill Text (2015-01-14) Changes the laws regarding midwifery [Introduced and Read First Time (H)]

HUGE! Vaginal birth bans hit the Wall Street Journal! A few really great doctor quotes in here, like the one attached, and:

> Waverly Health Center, a 25-bed hospital in Waverly, Iowa, made VBAC deliveries available last year because of patient demand, says Shannon Lau, an OB-GYN at the hospital. “We were losing them as patients... I think that VBAC can be done safely if you just keep your hands off the patient and let her labor. We just intervene too much, and that’s a problem.”

> “In general it’s much easier to do a repeat c-section than a VBAC,” says Iffath Hoskins, director of patient safety and quality and a high-risk obstetrician at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York. “It’s easier for the doctor and the system to avoid many hours of labor.”

SHARE: http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-type-of-childbirth-some-women-will-fight-for-1418081344?mobile=y&mg=reno64-wsj

Rainbow Group (pregnancy and infant loss) meets tomorrow, November 18, at First United Methodist Church in Rolla. 6pm - 8pm. Follow the butterflies to the Rainbow Room.

Yay! RBN co-founder, Molly, gave birth yesterday to her newest son Tanner!

CANCELLED - Rainbow Group is cancelled for tonight. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Birth Circle is tonight!
Our topic: Common Interventions
Panera at 7pm, look for Summer in the red shirt!