no - I found out about him after but have heard good things about him and going
to attempt to go to him for my yearly. This was the Sister Family Health Center
- the clinic - not ideal but I got my VBAC.


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> From: ICANofBuffalo@... <ICANofBuffalo@...>
> Subject: Re: [icanofbuffalo] VBAC friendly providers in Buffalo?
> To: icanofbuffalo@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 1:07 PM
> Christina, is that with Dr. Pivarunas?
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> From: Christina Lyons <christinaglyons@...>
> To: icanofbuffalo@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 10:14 am
> Subject: Re: [icanofbuffalo] VBAC friendly providers in
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> not sure what you are looking for but last year I was at a
> loss at 7-8 months and ended up going to the clinic at
> Sisters of Charity. Not a wonderful experience but there
> were some people who were very pro VBAC and there were some
> awful people (mostly nurses). It was tough and I basically
> took charge of my own healthcare and kind of fell through
> the cracks a couple of times as I just didn't show up
> for tests, etc. I had a successful VBAC and cannot say
> enough about my L&D experience there. I haven't had
> time to write it all down but everyone was AMAZING. Mine was
> not natural as I was screaming for the epidural after 2 days
> of labor at home. I really can't say enough about the
> staff I had there. I really don't think I would have
> been successful anywhere else in Buffalo. It was all very
> dicey but they never mentioned C-section even when I thought
> there was no hope.
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> --- On Wed, 2/4/09, aylwyn_pelletreau
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> > From: aylwyn_pelletreau <flstfi@...>
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> > Subject: [icanofbuffalo] VBAC friendly providers in
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> > To: icanofbuffalo@yahoogroups.com
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> > Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 4:57 PM
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> > Hi everyone,
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> > I'm Alli, mom to one 2 year old (emergency
> c-section)
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> > pregnant with #2 (16 weeks)!
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> > I'm looking for VBAC and Natural Childbirth
> friendly
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> > providers in the
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> > area and would love to hear any experience you have. I
> have
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> > tried the
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> > Nurse Midwives but after a consult with their
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> > perinatalogist they say
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> > I'm too "high-risk". :( I'm not sure
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> > I agree with that, but
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> > So are there any VBAC/Natural Childbirth friendly docs
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> > I've been so turned off the medical profession by
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> > that I really didn't want to go that route, but
> there
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> > are no other
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> > hospital based midwives around here, and I don't
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> > HBAC is for me.
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> > I have heard of Celia in Batavia, my only concern is -
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> > event that it is.....do they?
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> > Looking forward to any feedback you have. I'm
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> > Alli