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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Spring Photo Mini Sessions with baby chicks - ICAN Fundraiser
One of my friends set this up to raise money for the local International Cesarean Awareness Network chapter - I thought I'd share since it's a great deal. They'll have little baby chicks at the sessions 
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Please help us to support the local chapter of the International Cesarean Awareness Network by booking one of these AWESOME spring photo sessions! www.jesscumbie.com has generously donated 100% of the session fees to ICAN. Jess is also extremely talented and you will love your pictures by her.
April 16, 2011
$40 per 25 minute session
ALL session fees benefit ICAN of North Florida
Morning and afternoon sessions available
Please email kimberjeb@gmail.com or call (904) 237-0451 to book your session today!
Re: Spring Photo Mini Sessions with baby chicks - ICAN Fundraiser
Right, the purpose of ICAN is all those things: to raise awareness of the c-section rate in the United States, which is nearly 33% and far and above that of most other developed nations; to educate people on the risks of c-sections, which, as a scientist, you're probably well aware of, but many people are not; to combat the growing legislation against VBACs (right now, Floridian women are, by law, blocked from having a VBAC in a birth center under any circumstance and are only allowed to VBAC with a midwife at home if they've already had a VBAC in a hospital... so, on their third or more child); and to offer support to women who are still processing the emotional, mental, and physical toll of their unexpected c-sections, which are not always acknowledged by their families or friends.
Personally, only one person, my sister in law, asked how I was dealing with it, because she had one also, and we briefly discussed it. Nobody in my family has ever asked me what it was like or if I was ok with how it happened, because they just assume that since Michael was born safely, I'm fine. And I am grateful for that, certainly. But I'm not fine.
huh, that's interesting. I guess I never thought about a lot of that. Thanks, DP!