Support & Information on C Section, Cesarean Birth, C Section Recovery & Healing
1. Educate yourself The most effective way to empower yourself to make informed decisions about birth, is knowledge. When you understand the terminology of medical birth and the pro’s and con’s of procedures and interventions, you are much less likely to be bamboozled or pressured into something for no good medical reason. The fact that [...]
It’s not news that the c-section birth rates have been climbing in the US for many years now. This is more the case in some places than others. Miami Dade county in Florida for example now sees more c-section births than vaginal. Florida as a state runs an average of 38.2% cesarean births, above the [...]
At least one hospital in the UK is giving credence to the notion of “too posh to push”. The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading England released a report showing that elective c-sections were 50% more likely for women from the least deprived areas in comparison to women from the most deprived areas. In response to [...]
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 [...]
A new and significant study suggests that the greater a womans weight when she checks in on delivery day, the likelier a cesarean delivery. The study involved data from nearly 125,000 women who gave birth between 2002 and 2008. This data was carefully analyzed to determine how other factors than a woman’s body mass index [...]
More and more women who had their first child by cesarean delivery are opting for a vaginal birth next time round. This is know as VBAC – vaginal birth after cesarean. When c sections were done with a vertical incision vbac was actually risky, but today the vast majority of c sections are performed with [...]
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