ICAN of New Jersey

04/24/2026

ICAN's theme for Cesarean Awareness Month is Informed Consent!

Support ICAN's mission by purchasing a shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/cesarean-awareness-month-2026/

04/21/2026

Our meeting to discuss needs of participants is tonight! We hope you will join.
Tuesday, Apr 21 · 8–9 PM
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: meet.google.com/mqo-xzgk-vkq

03/24/2026

Our meeting is starting shortly, at 8 PM. Check out the Facebook event for the link.

03/17/2026

🍀 Feeling lucky this St. Patrick’s Day? 🍀
When it comes to birth, luck is just one small piece of the puzzle.

A positive birthing and postpartum experience is built on:
✨ Supportive community
✨ Evidence-based care
✨ Preparation & education
✨ Confidence in your choices
…and yes, maybe a little bit of luck too 😉

You don’t have to leave it up to luck when it comes to building your village! 💚

03/16/2026

Katie here, one of your two ICAN chapter leaders here in the Garden State!

I appreciated learning from Denise Bolds and Birth by the Numbers at the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern NJ symposium last Thursday, among others. 🥰

As you can see in the photos, of course, we have a long ways to go - but I left feeling encouraged and heartened.

03/10/2026

Every shirt helps ICAN reach their goal of remaining a fruitful nonprofit around the globe. Our theme this Cesarean Awareness Month is "Informed Consent Is..." as we ...

03/09/2026

https://www.partnertodecide.org/vbac
Here is a new tool from the organization Partner to Decide. It is in plain language and can help you decide whether you'd like to labor or have a repeat cesarean.
We know that birthing people should not have to dig up ACOG bulletins or scour PubMed for up to date and evidence-based information regarding their birth choices. It is every clinician's legal and ethical obligation to support informed consent. This tool is a step in the right direction!

Decision Aid for Birth After CesareanYour choice: plan a vaginal or cesarean birth?A decision aid for people who had a cesarean birth in the past and for whom it is safe to labor for their next birth View the Decision Aid This is the first (March 2026) version of our new decision aid for people faci...

02/15/2026

Please join us on Tuesday for our monthly meeting at 8 p.m. online! https://meet.google.com/tji-yzwp-ibd

02/13/2026

Less than one week until our February ICAN meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

01/21/2026

Tonight in our support meeting, among other things, we discussed self-care. We talked about imagining a safe place we can go in labor, with our babies, that is not bound by the rules of time and space.
Perhaps this is also the place we can go at 3am, with our tired babies and tired selves, for rest?
Some poetic inspiration from Jean Valentine.