Rolla Birth Network

08/17/2015

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

06/29/2015

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

06/12/2015

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

02/17/2015

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)

01/20/2015

Cool!

01/16/2015

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

01/15/2015

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.

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

12/09/2014

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

11/18/2014

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.

10/31/2014

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

10/21/2014

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

10/16/2014

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