Denver Colorado Childbirth and Baby Classes - BirthPro » Cesarean Section http://birthproonline.com Comprehensive Birth and Family Services Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:50:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Trouble With Repeat Cesareans – TIME Magazine Article http://birthproonline.com/2009/03/13/the-trouble-with-repeat-cesareans-time-magazine-article/ http://birthproonline.com/2009/03/13/the-trouble-with-repeat-cesareans-time-magazine-article/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:39:30 +0000 Nikki http://birthproonline.com/?p=85 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

]]> http://birthproonline.com/2009/03/13/the-trouble-with-repeat-cesareans-time-magazine-article/feed/ 0 New Study on Non-Emergency Cesarean Birth http://birthproonline.com/2007/11/29/new-study-on-non-emergency-cesarean-birth/ http://birthproonline.com/2007/11/29/new-study-on-non-emergency-cesarean-birth/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:02:47 +0000 Nikki http://birthproonline.com/2007/11/29/new-study-on-non-emergency-cesarean-birth/ 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

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