31 March 2009
VBAC News – March, 2009
Iowa’s Cesarean Numbers Climb to All-Time High
“Houchins blames the higher number of c-sections on the choice of many doctors to avoid the vaginal-birth-after-cesarean method (VBAC).”
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Secondary Cesarean Sections Pose Risk Factors
“Doctors warn most expectant mothers with a previous Cesarean section about the risks of vaginal birth following a Cesarean (VBAC) but not about the risks of multiple Cesarean sections both to mother or her baby.”
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Birth by surgery: The skyrocketing cesarean rate
“Two weeks before Kristi Ashley gave birth to a son in 2007, an ultrasound exam estimated the baby at a hefty 12 pounds, 10 ounces — too big, her doctor believed, for a safe vaginal delivery. After the child weighed in at 9 pounds, 4 ounces in the delivery room…”
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C-section births fall
“North Adams Regional Hospital performs significantly fewer c-sections than other hospitals around the state…”
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Need for transparency increases as Cesarean section rates rise
“Research conducted by the World Health Organization shows that these risks of cesarean outweigh the benefits when the c-section rate exceeds 15%.”
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C-Section horror
When doctors wait too long to operate. This occurred in South Africa.
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High blood pressure killed Chandra after C-section
“Shortly after a C-section to deliver her son, Chandra Mahabir’s blood pressure raised to such a high level that she suffered blood clots in her lungs and pressure on the brain causing her to die”, an autopsy revealed.
