International Cesarean Awareness Network

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing,' Birth Center Director Says
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing,' Birth Center Director Says
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

Time to stop the practice of defensive medicine
Iowa City Press Citizen
Very few Iowa hospitals offer a trial of labor after Cesarean, so once a woman has had that first Cesarean birth, “Once a Cesarean, always a Cesarean.” It's a fact that there is increased neonatal and maternal risk from Cesarean versus vaginal birth ...

C-Section Rate 'Disturbing', Says Birth Center Director
Patch.com
True, they are safer than use to be, but they are “nowhere near as safe for either person” as a vaginal birth, she said. According to Flynn, after a c-section mothers are more at risk of Placenta accreta during their following pregnancies, and babies ...

Best pregnancy books?
Mothering
My first birth, then, was an induced two day ordeal that ended in c-section, and I probably deserved it. I guess I was going in thinking baby just comes out, or doctor just takes baby out... Wiser, and obsessed over vaginal birth after cesarian during ...

Zofran, Pregnancy Nausea Drug, Won't Harm Fetus (STUDY)
Huffington Post
The new study of more than 600,000 pregnancies in Denmark found no evidence of major birth-related problems, so women should not be afraid to use Zofran if they need it, said Dr. Iffath Hoskins, a high-risk pregnancy specialist at NYU Langone Medical ...

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Sex After Baby: Most Women Wait More Than 6 Weeks After Giving Birth (STUDY)
Huffington Post
Generally, the women said they had engaged in some type of sexual contact before resuming vaginal sex, with 53 percent saying they had engaged in some type of sexual activity by 6 weeks after childbirth. Operations such as a Caesarean section, or the ...

Most New Mothers Skip Sex for at Least 6 Weeks After Childbirth
U.S. News & World Report
Women who had a cesarean section, a birth assisted with forceps or an episiotomy or sutured tear also were less likely to have resumed vaginal sex by six weeks after birth. The rates were 45 percent for those who had a C-section, 32 percent for those ...

Most New Mothers Skip Sex for at Least 6 Weeks After Childbirth
Health.com
Women who had a cesarean section, a birth assisted with forceps or an episiotomy or sutured tear also were less likely to have resumed vaginal sex by six weeks after birth. The rates were 45 percent for those who had a C-section, 32 percent for those ...

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Lancaster Newspapers
Bart birth-care center takes part in national study
Lancaster Newspapers
Regardless of where they gave birth, 93 percent of women had a spontaneous vaginal birth, 1 percent an assisted vaginal birth, and 6 percent a cesarean birth, the abstract states. Birth Care's ... Following graduation, she began working at Birth Care ...

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"Laborist" Hospitals Produce Results
dailyRx
Laborist hospitals also saw a higher percentage of women who went into labor and/or had a vaginal birth after having had a previous C-section than the percentage of women in as-needed hospitals. In the second study, led by Sindhu Srinivas, MD, of the ...

Stuff.co.nz
I feel like I 'failed'
Stuff.co.nz
So, again, two years later, when I found out I was pregnant with my third son, I decided to try for a VBA2C (vaginal birth after two caesarean sections). I found a midwife who was supportive, and luckily, my hospital had just changed their policy ...

Can't get over my c-sections
Mothering
After my c-section, my incision got infected. My OB ignored the golf ball sized lump on my incision as "scar tissue" and then when my incision broke open and weeped she said it was normal healing. I went to a wound care center for 8 months because I ...

The Epoch Times
Healing Your Body After Birth
The Epoch Times
If a cesarean section has occurred, the TVA will be in special need of rehabilitation. The pelvic floor muscles are usually traumatized from vaginal birth. A new mom must learn to naturally inhale deeply with her diaphragm, seemingly filling her belly ...

Delivery Options
LA Magazine
Those changes included decreasing the number of high-risk patients, increasing the number of cesarean deliveries, and refusing to perform vaginal births after cesareans, also known as VBACs (for women who have had a delivery via cesarean and don't ...

Stress And Pregnancy: Moderate Anxiety Does Not Affect Fertility Or Health Of ...
Huffington Post
They seem not to affect whether women are able to conceive, whether they carry the fetus to term, or whether their kids reach normal developmental milestones. (If anything, some maternal stress ... The strongest studies try to separate the influence of ...

C-section rates vary widely in Minnesota
Wahpeton Daily News
(AP) — A new report finds the rate of cesarean section deliveries for new mothers varies widely in Minnesota and depends on the health care provider. Statewide, the C-section rate for first-time mothers is about 26 ... Doctors might recommend a C ...

New OB Care Models Boost Birth Outcomes
MedPage Today
In a separate study, hospitals that provided 24-hour coverage through use of laborists or other means saw a similar reduction in cesarean delivery rates, with a more than twofold increase in attempted vaginal birth after a prior cesarean, said Yvonne ...

WNN - Women News Network
INDIA: Unneeded surgeries for women expose nationwide corruption
WNN - Women News Network
According to an exclusive poll taken by Reuters Trustlaw last July, India is currently the 'worst place to be a women' compared to all other world nations who are part of the G20. The poll indicates that India ranks especially low on issues that cover ...

Benjamin Percy, GQ Writer, Wears Pregnancy Suit For 9 Weeks (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Right now, it's the size of the head of a pin. <strong>What's happening to Mom: </strong>You probably won't feel anything, though some women do feel cramps and notice a heavier vaginal discharge. .... This hair may still be visible at birth, but will ...