April is Cesarean Awareness Month. And increased awareness is definitely what we need, not only for this month but the whole year round. Because the recent US baby boom seemed to have been accompanied by a C-section boom.
According to the 2007 statistics recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), C-section delivers [...]
Tags: C-section, cesarean, International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN), low birth weight, preterm delivery
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I was amazed when I read this article outlining steps to make C-sections a little less clinical, and less impersonal especially for Moms. There’s never been anything like it before, and I for one agree that it is revolutionary. The idea was born in Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in London, the brainchild of Professor [...]
Tags: birthing methods, C-section, cesarean section, operation
Posted in: Pregnancy
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I read that Rachida Dati, France’s Justice Minister, returned to work a mere 5 days after her daughter was born via c-section. Incredibly, she showed up for work in high heels and a beautiful business suit. In photos I’ve seen, she looks absolutely beautiful.
Her return to work has set of a fire storm of controversy, [...]
Tags: C-section, child birth, France, maternity leave, rachida dati
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Another health problem attributed to vitamin D deficiency has been identified. And it has something to do with baby delivery. About a hundred years ago, the condition of rachitic pelvis or rickets of the pelvis lead to fatal complications during children. This bone disorder is almost non-existent today because of the discovery of its cause [...]
Tags: C-section, deficiency, Vitamin D
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I have a friend who had this long-lasting grudge against her OB because the doctor ordered an emergency C-section while she was laboring, thus denying her the privilege of delivering her first born naturally. I have to hand it to her, she was determined to do it “right” the second time and thus delivered her [...]
Tags: bonding, C-section, caesarean, delivery, natural birth
Posted in: Parenting, Pregnancy
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