The Trouble With Repeat Cesareans – TIME Magazine Article

Filed under: Cesarean Section — Wrote by Nikki on Friday, March 13th, 2009 @ 11:39 am

Time Magazine recently published an article about the risks associated with repeat C-sections and the difficulty it is to have a VBAC in the U.S.  Hopefully the media will continue to shed light on the frightening C-secion stastistics causing a change in this ever-growing trend in America.

TIME Magazine – The Trouble With Repeat Cesareans

New Study on Non-Emergency Cesarean Birth

Filed under: Cesarean Section, New Research — Wrote by Nikki on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 @ 12:02 am

A new study published in the British Medical Journal finds that women who gave birth by a non-emergency cesarean were twice as likely to face maternal morbidity as those who delivered vaginally. Women who received non-emergency cesareans were also three to five times more likely to undergo a hysterectomy and develop a postpartum infection, compared to women who gave birth vaginally. And babies delivered by non-emergency c-section were twice as likely to remain in neonatal intensive care (NICU) for at least seven days.

The one protective effect of cesareans they did find: Breech babies delivered by c-section had lower risk of fetal death and their mothers had reduced vaginal complications. In evaluating the data from over 97,000 births, the research team recommends cesarean section for high-risk deliveries only. For the abstract, go to:
British Medical Journal

Additional Source: www.hmhb.org


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