United Brachial Plexus Network

Yes the UBPN volunteers do read the boards :-), and work on these videos and PSA's for radio stations, and read articles, and communicate through email and phone calls, maintain website, update as needed the online material, organize camp, maintain facebook page and twitter, fill store orders and h...

Thank you UBPN ppl for reading the boards, I really do appreciate it. I've only come accross your site a few days ago and I'm loving it. After 2 erb palsy babies (which were 2 of 3 shoulder dystocias) I wish I could change the way doctors handle my births, especially since I've always gone natural. ...

Kate, I definitely appreciate the results of your research. I wish I had more info before i had my last baby (the one with BPI that didn't just go away like it did with my first) I just found this great paper http://www.yeree.com/nw/004/index.php/article/mcp/2009-02-23/2599.html I'd love to know why...

thanks kate, I really feel you've addressed the issue. I've had 3 shoulder dystocia births, and my last one didn't respond to anything - not mc roberts, not supra-pubic pressure, not anything. baby forehead came out and then it was stuck, and baby started turning blue. I heard dr's follow a list of ...

Kim, I agree with what you've said, the issue I had is getting hospital staff to agree. Is there any "guarentee" so to speak that birthing on all 4th aka the Gaskin method will definitely work? I've never taken any form of pain relief during labor/delivery, and was more than interested in ...

hi, and congrats on your upcoming birth. I have had 4 children, 2 with erb's palsy, my first and last. Only 1 was not problematic. I've been told I need a C-section, but not knowing much about erb's, since my first child healed so quickly, I didn't realize how bad it was. Now my 4th month old is muc...