Home VBAC in Colorado

There will be a Rulemaking Hearing at the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) in Denver on December 15, 2006 at 9:00am at  Suite 1380A/B, 1560 Broadway Denver, Colorado.

The purpose of the Rulemaking hearing from the standpoint of the Director of DORA will be to define the guidelines of Registered Midwives attending to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) clients at home.

There are a number of groups, the Colorado Board of Medical Examiners, the Colorado Medical Society, and the Board of Nurses who would rather see the practice of VBACs at home abolished entirely.  These professional groups will be represented at the hearing and we assume they plan to be very aggressive in convincing the Director VBACs at home are unsafe and therefore Registered Midwives should not be allowed to attend them.  The midwives will be presenting appropriate rebuttals to their arguments in support of continuing our record of safe practice for VBACs at home.

If you had a VBAC at home, or know someone who did, please consider writing a letter in support of this very important option.  Consider writing the letter on behalf of yourself, your midwife, your friends and any number of women who are affected by the 30.2% cesarean rate.

The complete notice is here including the proposed rules which the Colorado Midwives Association is in agreement with minor wording changes:  http://www.dora.state.co.us/midwives/rulemaking.htm

Letters should be addressed to:

Midwifery Registration
1560 Broadway, Suite 1340
Denver, CO  80202

Indicate “written testimony only” if you wish the letter to be submitted for the Director’s consideration.

If you wish to speak for three minutes on your own behalf you must apply to do so ONE WEEK prior to the hearing by calling Vana Montgomery at 303-894-7429 or email her at Vana.Montgomery @ dora.state.co.us (remove the spaces) to make sure you have your time at the microphone.

December 2, 2006 | Filed Under Cesarean Birth, Home Birth, In the News, Midwives/Midwifery, Politics, VBAC 

Comments

4 Responses to “Home VBAC in Colorado”

  1. k. on December 2nd, 2006 1:52 pm

    This makes me sad… because of ONE hbac (not mine!), most of the midwives where I live are no longer offering hbacs. Despite the legislation indicating place of birth choice for all clients.
    I don’t know if it will help, but I’m going to send something…
    Depressing, so very depressing.
    k
    primary c/s for breech-ish
    hbac
    hbac with baby transfer

  2. Janna on December 5th, 2006 3:13 pm

    What about non-VBACers/HBACers or even non-homebirthers. Should anyone who is interested in this topic send their written opinion?

  3. Kris Bagiu on December 6th, 2006 8:31 am

    Yes, everyone who cares about women having the choice to have a home VBAC in Colorado should write a letter!

  4. Elizabeth Allen on December 20th, 2006 7:53 pm

    I was just wondering what the result was on this.

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