Support & Information on C Section, Cesarean Birth, C Section Recovery & Healing
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued a Committee Opinion that says that a prior cesarean delivery is an absolute contraindication to planning a home birth due to the risks, including uterine rupture. The statement says that although the absolute risk of planned home births is low, published medical evidence shows it does [...]
No matter how or why you came to have a c-section delivery, you will be dealing with your new baby, breastfeeding etc while you are in c-section recovery. While the focus is ultimately on baby, cesarean delivery is major surgery and your incision is a wound and you will also be dealing with some degree [...]
C-Section delivery is now the most common surgery in US hospitals with one in three births being a cesarean. At a time when everyone from the Government down is looking at what things cost a new report suggest that billions of dollars could be saved in health care costs by reducing the number of c-section [...]
Recent years have seen a dramatically increasing number of women giving birth early. Experts are now saying that these early births pose new health risks to both mothers and newborns. So significant is this increase that the average time of fetus gestation has been reduced by seven days in the United States since 1992, according [...]
Children delivered by c-section are statistically more likely to develop a variety of diseases later in life. These include asthma, diabetes, allergies and even leukemia. In the case of autoimmune disease Celiac disease, it’s as high as 80% more likely. (Celiac disease is the body’s intolerance of gluten, found in common grains like wheat, rye [...]
We are pleased to announce the newly built C Section Recovery Community, a place where all women who may or have delivered by c-section to come together, share, be heard,and be supported. We wanted to create a place, albeit a virtual place, where the free exchange of women’s cesarean experiences, wisdom and insight can take [...]
Why is it that home births account for such a small percentage of deliveries in the US? It’s just 1% while the other 99% take place in hospitals, the vast majority attended by doctors. Both the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) site ‘safety’ as the reason for their [...]
No one is in doubt that c-section rates have risen dramatically in the last decades. Where there is debate is why? In California a recent, nonpartisan study found that cesarean rates are 17% more likely at for profit hospitals over those that operate not for profit. The cold hard facts are, a surgical birth can [...]
While c-section is considered a safe procedure and can save the lives of mothers and babies, it is major surgery. Certain risks are higher after c-section than after vaginal delivery, according to the National Institutes of Health. These include higher risk of infection and injury to the baby. C-sections can also cause problems with [...]
Two leading health organizations- the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the National Institutes of Health have both recently issued statements in support of a vaginal birth after a cesarean (VBAC). Both examined the safety of a vaginal delivery after a prior cesarean birth. Both indicated a trial of labor is reasonable for [...]
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