My resolution for this year is to make ICAN of Buffalo an even bigger success. To do so, one of the first changes you'll see is a greater focus on the Cesarean Prevention aspect of ICAN's mission with a series of topic-driven meetings. I am pleased to announce our first two topics in our series:
February 7th - Our first meeting of the new year will be a discussion entitled "Cesarean Prevention Through Nutrition". We will focus on how nutritional choices can decrease likelihood of preeclampsia, toxemia, gestational diabetes, prematurity and more. Meeting to be held at 10:45am at HomeGrown Baby, 3111 Delaware Avenue in Kenmore. Following will be a meeting for those in need of support for cesarean recovery.
March 7th - ICAN of Buffalo presents "Can Chiropractic Care Prevent a Cesarean?" We are pleased to welcome guest speaker Dr. Jessica D'Amore, Chiropractor from Family Chiropractic in Amherst and CBE/doula. She will be discussing the benefits of prenatal chiropractic care, the Webster technique (for turning breech babies) and other ways spinal health can be beneficial to pregnancy and birth. Meeting to be held at 10:45am at HomeGrown Baby, 3111 Delaware Avenue in Kenmore. Following will be a meeting for those in need of support for cesarean recovery.
Please note, we will still offer time for women who are in need of cesarean recovery and support following each meeting.
Other topics that are planned for the year include: "How to Get Your VBAC Back", "What You Need to Know About Pain Relief in Labor", and our Healing Circle, which was postponed until the new year.
We will also be holding some fund raisers and are looking for your help. We would like to do two "Clothing Swap Nights", one for women's clothing, and one for baby and children's clothing - we are in search of a location, donations of items to be raffled, donations of food items such as h'ors d'oeuvre's [I know I have butchered the spelling there - but it doesn't come up on my spell check!] and beverages, and people to help. The other fund raiser we will be doing will be a Cookie Lee Jewelry party, which will probably be held in February. ICAN of Buffalo really needs your support with these fund raisers in order to keep providing support and education to the community!
Another way you can help support ICAN of Buffalo is by becoming a subscriber to ICAN. $30 for a basic subscription gets you discounts to our bi-annual conference (In SYRACUSE this year! Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! - visit http://conference.ican-online.org for more info) as well as our quarterly newsletter, The Clarion, our newly reworked bi-weekly ICAN E-news, and access to all the latest cesarean updates. When you subscribe to ICAN through the Buffalo chapter, a portion of the dollars stay right here, so please consider subscribing today!
I'm really looking forward to the new year, and excited about our new approach! Hope to see you there!!!!
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