Re: 2004 US C/Section Rate

From: GA12L@aol.com
Thu Nov 17 02:04:44 2005


I would just like to brag a little, God knows us Brits don't have much to crow about!

I worked in a birth centre, all midwives and no doctors. Out of just over 400 births just 2 ended up being transferred to hospital for a c/section making our section rate 0.25%!

The women were upright and mobile the whole time and no epidurals obviously. As we women are not designed to give birth flat on our backs (thank you Dr Mauriceau for that) I wonder if this is a contributing factor.

Talking of Mauriceau, he put women on beds on their backs to give birth in the 1700's there was no research to support this yet 300 years on most women give birth on their backs. Why? Answers on a postcard to...

Gail





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