I will come off as the crazy cesarean lady for the rest of my life, but that's OK. Earlier this month I sent a proclamation to the Governor's Office in Tallahassee in hopes that Charlie Crist would sign the thing and send it back. I wasn't expecting anything. Today, they sent it back! What this means is that now we will try to get the press to bite and make a story out of it.
"Cesarean rate is 36.64 % in Florida! Let's quit slicing bellies open and let women birth the normal way!"
However, it's been re-worded a little and watered down. Instead of "proclaiming" or "declaring" April 2008 as Cesarean Awareness Month, he "hereby extend[s ] greetings and best wishes to those observing April 2008 as Cesarean Awareness Month." It seems that he's signed and sealed the thing, so that if he does nothing, it doesn't come off as bad PR. He's also not pissing off any pro-cut physicians by simply sending us greetings.
On top of my editorial being published in the Gainesville Sun last Friday and our Chapter getting a picture and summary in the ICAN newsletter, this receipt of Florida CAM acknowledgment has left me with a sense of accomplishment. Maybe someone will read about it and think twice next time they hear about someone getting their abdomen cracked open... or when it happens to them.
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