{"id":34,"date":"2013-07-01T03:38:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T03:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icanofhuntsvilleblog.wordpress.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2013-07-01T03:38:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T03:38:28","slug":"birthy-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/huntsville\/2013\/07\/01\/birthy-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthy Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the statistics posted by the Alabama Department of Public Health\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

They list Vaginal, Cesarean, and VBAC rates for Alabama<\/a> Hospitals.<\/p>\n

\"Alabama<\/a><\/p>\n

The World Health Organization (WHO)<\/a> recommends the c-section rate not exceed 10%-15%.\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 ACOG (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists) have reassessed their VBAC guidelines and stated “Attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) is a safe and appropriate choice for most women who have had a prior cesarean delivery, including for some women who have had two previous cesareans.” (2)\u00a0 These numbers NEED to change!!!\u00a0 We at ICAN of Huntsville are going to be working towards this change as hard as we can!\u00a0 I (Brianna) VBACed in Huntsville Hospital, which has 39.0% c-section rate and only a 1.4% VBAC rate.\u00a0 WOW.\u00a0 There are several Hospitals in outlying areas near Huntsville that have VBAC bans!\u00a0 Here is something you should know about VBAC bans… if your hospital doesn’t “allow VBAC’s” that DOES NOT mean you must have a repeat c-section.\u00a0 We as human beings can refuse a surgery at any time!\u00a0 You even have ACOG to back you up, they say “restrictive VBAC policies should not be used to force women to undergo a repeat cesarean delivery against their will. (3)\u00a0 This doesn’t just mean an all out VBAC ban, but also restrictive policies like you not starting labor by 40wks, or as long as the baby doesn’t look big, no twins, unknown type of uterine scar.<\/p>\n

Do your research, educate yourself, you have options!\u00a0 And don’t let anyone feed you the line that it doesn’t matter as long as the baby gets here safely.\u00a0 It’s just not true.\u00a0 It does matter.\u00a0 That’s like someone telling you it doesn’t matter that you just got hit by a car while pushing your baby across the street in their stroller… it just matters that your baby is ok.\u00a0 While you are so very thankful and feel blessed to have your healthy baby in your arms getting hit by a car is not what you wanted, and it definitely has some very painful and negative consequences.\u00a0 You’d probably want to avoid doing that again if you could, wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

(1) World Health Organization.\u00a0 ,http:\/\/www.who.int\/healthsystems\/topics\/financing\/healthreport\/29DeterminantsC-section.pdf<\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ,http:\/\/www.acog.org\/About%20ACOG\/News%20Room\/News%20Releases\/2010\/Ob%20Gyns%20Issue%20Less%20Restrictive%20VBAC%20Guidelines.aspx<\/p>\n

(3)\u00a0 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practice Bulletin No. 115: Vaginal Birth After Previous Cesarean Delivery. Obstetrics and Gynecology<\/i> 2010,<\/b> 116<\/i> (2), 450-463, http:\/\/journals.lww.com\/greenjournal\/Citation\/2010\/08000\/Practice_Bulletin_No__115__Vaginal_Birth_After.40.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are the statistics posted by the Alabama Department of Public Health\u00a0 They list Vaginal, Cesarean, and VBAC rates for Alabama Hospitals. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the c-section rate not exceed 10%-15%.\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 ACOG (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists) have reassessed their VBAC guidelines and stated “Attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[8,9,19,20,21,23,16,24],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-did-you-know","tag-alabama","tag-birth","tag-birth-statistics-alabama","tag-c-section-2","tag-c-section-alabama","tag-ican","tag-vbac","tag-vbac-alabama","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t