Archives for Cesarean Birth
Why Are Some Innovative Ideas in Maternity Care Embraced While Others Are Ignored?
In a New Yorker article (July 2013) titled Slow Ideas, the surgeon and journalist Atul Gawande asks why some innovative ideas in medicine are adopted so quickly, while others are…
Cesarean on Demand – What Do Obstetricians Think?
In 2007, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists published an important and interesting study asking practicing obstetricians about their knowledge, beliefs, and practices regarding the risks and benefits of…
“Natural” Cesarean?
This is fascinating - although an oxymoron (natural cesarean?), it immediately and instinctively appealed to me as a midwife. (Photo is of a cesarean in rural Nepal) In recent years,…
Cesarean births increase risk for strokes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women who have a cesarean delivery appear to be more likely to suffer a stroke during the following year than women who give birth…
Who’s at Risk of a Bad Outcome with Trial of Labor after Cesarean?
How should childbearing women with a history of cesarean be counseled about the optimal mode of delivery with their current pregnancy? The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has moved…