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Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
The About Us section of our website provides background information on our organization and our accomplishments over the years on behalf of mothers, babies and families.
Inside About Us:
Our vision, mission and beliefs describe our core values and the fundamental concepts that are the foundation of our mission and programs.
Go to Vision, Mission and Beliefs 
Childbirth Connection recently completed an exciting rebranding process to bring our name, look and website more in line with our contemporary focus on helping women and health professionals make informed maternity care decisions.
Go to Why We Changed Our Name
 Childbirth Connection celebrated 90 years of maternity care quality improvement in 2008! To mark this special anniversary, we created a timeline highlighting major milestones over nine decades and ending with the organization's current focus on policy as a core strategy for meeting the needs of childbearing women and their families.
Download the Childbirth Connection 90-Year Timeline (PDF)
 Childbirth Connection sponsors awards that were established to pay tribute to two outstanding women leaders of the organization: Carola Warburg Rothschild and Hazel Corbin. The Carola Warburg Rothschild Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of women and their families. The Hazel Corbin/Childbirth Connection Award administered by American College of Nurse-Midwives is designed to support or augment projects that advance knowledge of the safety and effectiveness of midwifery practices and application of this knowledge. Find out more about these awards and those who received them.
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 We have won a number of awards over the years, including recognition for the redesign of our website from WebAward and the World Wide Web Health Award, National Women's Health Network's "Honor 30 for the 30th," and a Doulas of North America Research Award.
Go to Awards We've Received
The News and Events section features up-to-date information on what is happening at Childbirth Connection including our latest activities, programs, and fund raising events that we sponsor and participate in.
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Since 1918, Childbirth Connection (known as Maternity Center Association, or MCA, until 2005) has worked as a national not-for-profit organization to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy, and demonstration of maternity innovations. During this time, our organization has fostered the establishment of leading organizations in the field, carried out media outreach, and developed a broad range of clinical, educational and advocacy programs; dozens of consumer and professional publications; many conferences and symposia; and numerous surveys and program evaluations. Find out more about selected highlights of our accomplishments as Maternity Center Association and now Childbirth Connection.
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Childbirth Connection is governed by a generous and committed board of directors that guide our mission, programs and fundraising strategies. Their varied backgrounds and experiences contribute significantly to our success.
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The Childbirth Connection team is comprised of six talented and enthusiastic individuals with varied skills and experiences in planning, program and website development, fundraising and marketing, and finance and communications. Learn more about their backgrounds and interests.
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Most recent page update: 7/8/2009
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Childbirth Connection is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1918 as Maternity Center Association. Our mission is to improve the quality of maternity care through research, education, advocacy and policy. Childbirth Connection promotes safe, effective and satisfying evidence-based maternity care and is a voice for the needs and interests of childbearing families.
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News and Features
New VBAC Guidlines
ACOG has just issued new Guidlines for VBAC. What changed? What continues?
We've Moved!
On July 1, 2010, the Childbirth Connection office moved to 260 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016. All other contact information is unchanged.
New Pregnancy Video Library AvailableOur new Video Library features links to a wealth of resources for health professionals as well as for women who are planning pregnancy, are pregnant or are new mothers. Visit the Video Library 
"2020 Vision" and "Blueprint for Action" Reports Available
Leaders from across the U.S. health care system have prepared several reports for improving the maternity care system. Learn about Transforming Maternity Care project Read the "2020 Vision" Read the "Blueprint for Action" Read the Consumer Workgroup report Help implement Blueprint recommendations Listen to report release event audio, 1/2010
Help Transform Maternity Care!
 Please join our efforts to make quality maternity care a top national priority. Your support will help make the transformation possible.
View 2010 Supporter Roster
Rising Maternal Mortality
Analysis of maternal mortality data for the state of California, with 14% of the nation's births, strongly suggests that maternal mortality is increasing in tandem with rising rates of cesarean section and obesity.
Read article about maternal mortality in California
Read companion Q&A
Updated Maternity Care Statistics Available
A fact sheet summarizes U.S. maternity care trends and figures from the latest federal reports. A new table updates state-level maternity statistics. These update background information in the 2008 Milbank Report on Evidence-Based Maternity Care.
Get the fact sheet
Get state-level statistics (PDF)
Read Evidence-Based
Maternity Care
US Cochrane Center (USCC)/Consumers United for Evidence-based Healthcare (CUE)
Visit the USCC/CUE website for the latest pregnancy and childbirth systematic reviews.
Evidence-Based Maternity Care Report Released
A major new report takes stock of the U.S. maternity care system and finds great opportunities for improvement. Childbirth Connection collaborated with the Reforming States Group and the Milbank Memorial Fund to develop the report.
Learn more, get the report
Read companion USA Today article
Read the USA Today article
Read the Consumer Reports story
Take the Consumer Reports quiz
Read Our Bodies Our Blog entry
New Mothers Speak Out National Report Released
The latest report in Childbirth Connection's Listening to Mothers series is now available. Get an eye-opening look at the reality of life as a mother of young children in the United States, based on national surveys conducted by Harris Interactive.
Learn more, get the report
Read the Wall Street Journal story and listen to the podcast
Download Quick Facts (PDF)
"I didn't know I had legal rights, but I felt I could ask questions and refuse procedures."
-Listening to Mothers® survey participant
Every woman has the right to have family members and friends of her choice present during all aspects of her maternity care.
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