tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post2153933776212900840..comments2023-10-18T15:20:33.029+01:00Comments on cesarean debate (now caesareanbirth.org): A step in the right direction?cesarean debatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01711913972260724246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post-31658496003495637152008-11-04T19:02:00.000+00:002008-11-04T19:02:00.000+00:00I'm afraid my brain cannot handle another page of ...I'm afraid my brain cannot handle another page of yours. <BR/><BR/>I can only imagine, due to the increasing prevalence of ignorance in childbirth, what your "Birth Injuries" page will hold. <BR/><BR/>I will take a stab in the dark and assume that you have never taken a look at the outcomes of out of hospital births, and the injury rates there, and compare them to hospital vaginal births. <BR/><BR/>I will agree - the injury rates in planned vaginal birth is high in the hospitals. <BR/><BR/>That's why healthy, low risk women shouldn't be giving birth in one. ;) <BR/><BR/>I'll say it again, at the risk of sounding like a broken record. It's all about the interventions. NOT the planned vaginal delivery vs. the planned cesarean. <BR/><BR/>To be accurate in your "debate" here, you need to include ALL of the possible modes of delivery. Not just American hospital planned vaginal delivery vs. Elective Cesarean. There is so much more, and the vast majority with far better outcomes than either, in between. <BR/><BR/>You might be surprised with what you find. ;)Christine Fiscer, Birthkeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620390732672123849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post-78698941138348298722008-11-04T18:38:00.000+00:002008-11-04T18:38:00.000+00:00birthkeeper - In fact the opposite is true. I have...birthkeeper - In fact the opposite is true. I have listed examples of medical professional opinion on my website that highlight a fear that planned cesarean delivery will emerge as a safer birth method than vaginal delivery in a truly comparative study.<BR/><BR/>Yes, there are risks with repeat cesarean deliveries and women need to be aware of these, but as I have always said, there are short- and long-term risks associated with every birth choice, and different women will make different decisions based on these.<BR/><BR/>Regarding risks for the baby, please read my website pages on 'Birth injuries - Risks for your baby' in order to familiarize yourself with the reality of PVD risks here. It is naive to think that respiratory illness is the only morbidity outcome that women need to consider when assessing the risk-benefit analysis of delivery method for their baby.cesarean debatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711913972260724246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post-53870598169687466942008-11-04T17:45:00.000+00:002008-11-04T17:45:00.000+00:00The studies have not been done, because the resear...The studies have not been done, because the researchers and doctors don't want to show the short and long term effects of a cesarean section on healthy women who shouldn't have undergone major abdominal surgery for childbirth to begin with. <BR/><BR/>Studies HAVE shown higher rates of long term issues such as: <BR/><BR/>Endometriosis, post cesarean. <BR/>PCOS, post cesarean. <BR/>Pelvic Adhesions, post cesarean. <BR/>Secondary Infertility, post cesarean.<BR/>Insulin resistance, post cesarean. <BR/><BR/>And that's not even listing the short and long term risks to the baby. <BR/><BR/>Or maybe you'd like pictures of babies, at term, who were perfectly healthy in utero, in the NICU with tubes coming from every possible place?Christine Fiscer, Birthkeeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620390732672123849noreply@blogger.com