This is a horrible story. But it?s also a wonderful story.
On Monday, August 18, 2008, a woman in Israel went into premature labor at 23 weeks of pregnancy. Finding no pulse in the fetus, and with the mother hemorrhaging, doctors performed a surgical abortion–a c-section–apparently to save the mother?s life. The baby girl weighed just [...]
Tags: abortion, C-section, miracle, miscarriage
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I spent the last eight posts going through the story of the birth of our daughter for a reason. I wanted everyone who reads this blog to know exactly where we (my wife and I) were coming from with our anticipation (arguably trepidation) of our second.
Since that experience, my wife has seen her obstetrician [...]
Tags: C-section, cesarean, delivery, scheduled, VBAC
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We are in an era of middle-aged moms even though teen pregnancies are always in the limelight. This is the reason why the rate of Cesarean sections has been steadily increasing. The longer women delay in having children, the higher is the risk of having a Cesarean delivery due to impaired womb function. These findings [...]
Tags: C-section, caesarean, maternal age, uterus, womb
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Denmark’s Aarhus University Hospital recently released information stating that babies who are born via elective C-sections before the 39th week are delivered too early. Their research shows that these babies ?have a three- to fourfold higher risk of breathing trouble than do babies whose mothers have a normal vaginal delivery.? Startlingly, their research also shows [...]
Tags: breathing problem, C-section, respiratory illness, vaginal delivery
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our sleeping habits can definitely impact your pregnancy, and now, according to a new study by the University of California, it can impact your delivery as well. According to the new study, women who got less than six hours of sleep late in their pregnancy averaged a 29 hour labor. Women who slept for more than seven hours each night labored on average for only 17.5 hours. Another significant finding in the study was that women who slept for less than 4.5 hours on average each night had a 4.5 times greater chance of…
Tags: C-section, delivery, labor, Pregnancy, sleep, Sleep study
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