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 Our current maternity care system is in crisis. Deficiencies include harmful and wasteful overuse of many practices, underuse of beneficial practices and unwarranted variations in practice throughout the country. But with your gift, real transformation is possible. Every dollar you donate will fuel our policy work and contribute to positive change.
Thank you very much to this list of generous supporters!
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Patricia Burkhardt, CNM, DrPH
Dee Jeffers, RN, MPH
Donna Lynne
Frank Mazza, MD
in honor of Anthony Mazza
Barbara Mastorgi Rincon
Carol Sakala
Emily Stern
Kimberly Whitfill, MS, CNM
Leader
Maureen and James Corry
Zola D. Golub
Kari & Mike Hancock
InJoy Birth and Parenting Education
Sandra Lazo & Donald Layton
Martha Roth, L.M.
Louise H. Stephaich
Thomas and Frances Thacher
Supporter
Allison M. Blinken of the Blinken Foundation
Sabina Deaton
Dale Hoffman
Holly Powell Kennedy
in honor of Lou Powell
Payne M. Middleton
Abigail Reagan, LM, CPM
Barry D. Smith, MD
Deanne Williams, CNM
in honor of Maureen Corry, Carol Sakala, and Rima Jolivet
Jason and Amy Yotopoulis
in memory of Donna Driscoll, midwife who delivered their beautiful daughter
Contributor
Melissa Avery
Birthcare & Women's Health, Ltd.
Emalie Gibbons Baker
Dolly Browder
Dr. Wendy C. Budin
Helen Varney Burst
in Honor of Ruth Lubic and Kitty Ernst
Eileen Connolly
Jane A. Dick
in honor of all women, The Sisterhood
Rachel Epstein
in honor of Emily E. Landau
Mike Feigal
Megan Findley
Judith Goldberger
in honor of Heidi Lyle, CNM
Marjorie Greenfield
Sandra R. Haldeman, M.D., P.A.
in honor of Dorothea Lang, CNM
Lorenza Holt
Kim James
Nicette Jukelevics
Stacey Marie Kerr, MD
Phyllis & Marshall Klaus
C.M.C. Knight
Dorothea M. Lang, CNM, MPH
in honor of Doris Haire, Pioneer Maternal/Newborn Health Activist
Guests of Elizabeth Lauro's Baby Shower
in honor of Baby Boy Ban Lauro
Kristen Leonard
Francie Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM
Judith Lothian
in memory of Ruth McLaughlin and Margaret Lothian
Joanne M. Middleton, CNM
Harold Miller and Sharon E. Miller
Patricia Mixon
Wendy R. Nadel
Lucie Neiman
North American Registry of Midwives
Brynne Ortquist
Dr. Denise Remus
Seattle Midwifery School
Penny Simkin
Thomas D. Thacher II
Allison Walsh
Kathleen C. Walsh
in honor of Geneva M. Walsh
Ruth Wilf, CNM, PhD
in honor of Kate Winkler
Margaret Yawman
Friend
Anonymous
Wendy Barr
in memory of Heather Brooks Carmichael
Louise Racine Bastarache, CNM
in honor of Kitty Ernst, who gave her the opportunity to be a midwife
Janet Brooks
in honor of her amazing patients!
Lynes Buchberg
Catherine Burys
Penny Bussell
David B. Chamberlain, Psychologist
Linda Chororos
Daniel V. Corry
in honor of Patricia A. Corry
Ann E. Culkin
Karen Edland
Elizabeth Bing NYC Chapter Lamaze International
Dana Ericson
Rose Fife, CNM
Cynthia Flynn
Susan Gaskill
Holly Gimbel
Henci Goer
Violet J. Goldman
Susan L. Greene
Estelle N. Grygent
Linda Hamlin
in Memory of Susan Stein CNM, MCA Childbearing Center staff midwife
Ellen Harris-Braun
Hypnobabies
Katie James, Inc.
in honor of Betsy Hellmuth and Linda Martin, two great mothers
R. Rima Jolivet
Lorraine V. Klerman
Maryanne Laffin
in honor of Dorothea Lang, midwife
Judith Lienhard
Karena Lindell
Susan Melnikow, MS, CNM
in memory of Gloria Riemenschneider
Midwives Association of WA State
Suzy Myers
Joanne Myers-Ciecko
Roberta Mylan $25
Kelly Olmstead
Michele Ondeck
Dr. Lisa Paine
in honor of Deanne Williams, CNM, MS, FACNM
Marguerite Perinelli
in honor of Rose Conti
Mary Lou Reed, CNM
in honor of Mary Jean Tibbott, who was a wonderful mother, wife and loved by many friends and family
Theresa Reichley
Amy Romano
Rebekah L. Ruppe
Bob and Harriet Selverstone
Teresa Shilling
Stephanie Sosnowski
Penny Bussell Stansfield
Edie Swihart
Robin Elise Weiss
Billee Wolff
Deborah Woolley
in honor of Penny Simkin
Diony Young
Transforming Maternity Care Symposium Co-sponsors
American College of Nurse-Midwives
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Milbank Memorial Fund
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives
O'Neill Institute of National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University
Premier, Inc.
UnitedHealthcare
WellPoint, Inc.
Most recent page update: 1/15/2010
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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
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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)
"Having my kids so close together has been both a joy and a challenge. Maybe next year I can catch up on my sleep!"
-Listening to Mothers® survey participant
Every woman has the right to accept or refuse procedures, drugs, tests and treatments, and to have her choices honored. She has the right to change her mind. (Please note that this established legal right has been challenged in a number of recent cases.)
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