Tag archives for cesarean
Why Is Labor Longer? and How Long is “Normal” Labor, Anyway?
Reported in an article by KJ Dell'Antonia in the New York Times on April 2, 2012, "births during the last decade take longer than they did in the early 1960s;”…
“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,…
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…