singular_me
18th March 2017, 12:02 PM
big pharma is the big winner here... This is just plain disgusting that giving birth is such a big business to start with..... Now uninformed women cannot even trust their obstetrician...
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Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections
to be between 10% and 15%. Since then, caesarean sections have become increasingly common in both
developed and developing countries. When medically justified, a caesarean section can effectively prevent
maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, there is no evidence showing the benefits of
caesarean delivery for women or infants who do not require the procedure. As with any surgery, caesarean
sections are associated with short and long term risk which can extend many years beyond the current
delivery and affect the health of the woman, her child, and future pregnancies. These risks are higher in
women with limited access to comprehensive obstetric care.
In recent years, governments and clinicians have expressed concern about the rise in the numbers of
caesarean section births and the potential negative consequences for maternal and infant health. In addition,
the international community has increasingly referenced the need to revisit the 1985 recommended rate.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/161442/1/WHO_RHR_15.02_eng.pdf
The Many Ignored Risks of C-Sections
March 08, 2007
One study showed that, among Canadian women who chose from the start to deliver their babies via cesarean, the number of severe complications they experienced was triple that of moms who delivered their children vaginally.
The common problems were infections, blood clots and major bleeding.
A second study, which compared the health outcomes among some 36,000 mothers, found that women who chose a C-section birth could suffer unintended consequences including prolonged labor and ruptured uterus. Also, infants in the cesarean group were more prone to be premature or stillborn and small.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/03/08/the-many-ignored-risks-of-c-sections.aspx#!
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Why do Women Choose to Have a C-Section?
Some women like to follow the example of celebrity trend-setters who opt to have elective c-section deliveries.
Some women dislike the idea of a "messy" birth and the possibility of giving birth to a baby with a misshapen head.
Convenience for mother and doctor as time for the delivery is scheduled.
C-section is usually considered the safest option in the case of a breech presentation.
Cesarean delivery is often planned if a mother is overweight.
Multiple gestations increase the risk of complications that lead to cesareans.
C-section deliveries are often recommended to older women.
Fear of labor and delivery pain.
Fear of pelvic prolapse and eventual urinary or rectal incontinence.
Cost of Cesarean
The average physician's charges for uncomplicated vaginal delivery in the U.S. is just under $4,500. For an uncomplicated cesarean delivery, it is $7,000. Hospitalization costs are doubled, going from an average of a little over $5,000 to over $10,000.
http://www.naturalnews.com/029488_cesarean_deliveries_risks.html
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C-section babies have abnormal immune function
Sunday, March 17, 2013
(NaturalNews) Children delivered by C-section are significantly more likely to have abnormally reactive immune systems that make them prone to asthma and allergies, according to a study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital and presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
The researchers tested 1,258 children delivered between 2003 and 2007 for levels of Immunoglobulin E (IgE), an immune protein linked to asthma and allergies. The children's umbilical cords were tested at birth and their stool was tested at one month, six months, one year and two years. The researchers also tested samples of their parents' blood and mothers' breast milk. They collected information about family histories of asthma or allergies, the presence of pets or tobacco smoke in the home, histories of illness or medication use, and any unusual factors during pregnancy.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225091904.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/039514_childbirth_C-section_immune_function.html
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Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital
Consumer Reports finds that the rate of cesarean sections varies from hospital to hospital and state to state
April 13, 2016
The most common surgery performed in U.S. hospitals isn’t on the heart or back or hips or knees. It’s a C-section. Roughly one of every three babies born in this country, or about 1.3 million children each year, are now delivered by cesarean section.
While a number of factors can increase the chance of having a C-section—being older or heavier or having diabetes, for example—the biggest risk “may simply be which hospital a mother walks into to deliver her baby,” says Neel Shah, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School, who has studied C-section rates in this country and around the world.
A new Consumer Reports investigation of more than 1,200 hospitals across the country supports that. It found that C-section rates for low-risk deliveries among U.S. hospitals vary dramatically, even in the same communities and among similar institutions, and that in most hospitals the rates are above national targets.
In many cases, cesarean sections are absolutely necessary. But often they are not: Researchers estimate that almost half of the C-sections performed in the U.S. are done in situations when babies could be safely delivered vaginally instead. And performing a surgical birth when it isn’t necessary poses avoidable risks to the mother and her child and needlessly raises costs, research shows.
Alarmed by that trend, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)—the nation’s two leading medical organizations that focus on childbirth—issued recommendations in 2014 aimed at safely reining in unnecessary cesareans.................... “No one is saying that C-sections are never necessary, and no woman should feel guilty or somehow bad if they end up needing one,” says Elliott Main, M.D., the medical director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that works to improve outcomes for mothers and babies in that state. “But mothers shouldn’t be coerced, directly or indirectly, into having a cesarean either, and making C-section rates public can give women the information they need when choosing where to deliver their babies,” he says.............
Finally, C-sections cost almost 30 percent more than vaginal births. The average cost for a C-section in the U.S. today is $15,772, compared with $12,340 for a vaginal birth, though costs vary by as much as $10,000 across the U.S., according to Guroo.com.
http://www.consumerreports.org/doctors-hospitals/your-biggest-c-section-risk-may-be-your-hospital/
http://article.images.consumerreports.org/prod/content/dam/cro/news_articles/health/Consumer-Reports-II-Health-C-Section-State-rates-4-16
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The rate of caesarean section births in the U.S. was 32.7 percent in 2013 — well above the “medically necessary” target of 10 percent to 15 percent that WHO says is ideal. Germany and Italy have similarly high rates — 32 percent and 38 percent, respectively — while low-income countries like Afghanistan and Kenya hadn’t yet reached 10 percent, according to data from 2011. Brazil, notorious for high caesarean rates, tops the list at 52 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/c-section-rate-recommendation_n_7058954.html
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Since 1985, the international healthcare community has considered the ideal rate for caesarean sections
to be between 10% and 15%. Since then, caesarean sections have become increasingly common in both
developed and developing countries. When medically justified, a caesarean section can effectively prevent
maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. However, there is no evidence showing the benefits of
caesarean delivery for women or infants who do not require the procedure. As with any surgery, caesarean
sections are associated with short and long term risk which can extend many years beyond the current
delivery and affect the health of the woman, her child, and future pregnancies. These risks are higher in
women with limited access to comprehensive obstetric care.
In recent years, governments and clinicians have expressed concern about the rise in the numbers of
caesarean section births and the potential negative consequences for maternal and infant health. In addition,
the international community has increasingly referenced the need to revisit the 1985 recommended rate.
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/161442/1/WHO_RHR_15.02_eng.pdf
The Many Ignored Risks of C-Sections
March 08, 2007
One study showed that, among Canadian women who chose from the start to deliver their babies via cesarean, the number of severe complications they experienced was triple that of moms who delivered their children vaginally.
The common problems were infections, blood clots and major bleeding.
A second study, which compared the health outcomes among some 36,000 mothers, found that women who chose a C-section birth could suffer unintended consequences including prolonged labor and ruptured uterus. Also, infants in the cesarean group were more prone to be premature or stillborn and small.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/03/08/the-many-ignored-risks-of-c-sections.aspx#!
============================
Why do Women Choose to Have a C-Section?
Some women like to follow the example of celebrity trend-setters who opt to have elective c-section deliveries.
Some women dislike the idea of a "messy" birth and the possibility of giving birth to a baby with a misshapen head.
Convenience for mother and doctor as time for the delivery is scheduled.
C-section is usually considered the safest option in the case of a breech presentation.
Cesarean delivery is often planned if a mother is overweight.
Multiple gestations increase the risk of complications that lead to cesareans.
C-section deliveries are often recommended to older women.
Fear of labor and delivery pain.
Fear of pelvic prolapse and eventual urinary or rectal incontinence.
Cost of Cesarean
The average physician's charges for uncomplicated vaginal delivery in the U.S. is just under $4,500. For an uncomplicated cesarean delivery, it is $7,000. Hospitalization costs are doubled, going from an average of a little over $5,000 to over $10,000.
http://www.naturalnews.com/029488_cesarean_deliveries_risks.html
=======================
C-section babies have abnormal immune function
Sunday, March 17, 2013
(NaturalNews) Children delivered by C-section are significantly more likely to have abnormally reactive immune systems that make them prone to asthma and allergies, according to a study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital and presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
The researchers tested 1,258 children delivered between 2003 and 2007 for levels of Immunoglobulin E (IgE), an immune protein linked to asthma and allergies. The children's umbilical cords were tested at birth and their stool was tested at one month, six months, one year and two years. The researchers also tested samples of their parents' blood and mothers' breast milk. They collected information about family histories of asthma or allergies, the presence of pets or tobacco smoke in the home, histories of illness or medication use, and any unusual factors during pregnancy.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130225091904.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/039514_childbirth_C-section_immune_function.html
=================================
Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital
Consumer Reports finds that the rate of cesarean sections varies from hospital to hospital and state to state
April 13, 2016
The most common surgery performed in U.S. hospitals isn’t on the heart or back or hips or knees. It’s a C-section. Roughly one of every three babies born in this country, or about 1.3 million children each year, are now delivered by cesarean section.
While a number of factors can increase the chance of having a C-section—being older or heavier or having diabetes, for example—the biggest risk “may simply be which hospital a mother walks into to deliver her baby,” says Neel Shah, M.D., an assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology at Harvard Medical School, who has studied C-section rates in this country and around the world.
A new Consumer Reports investigation of more than 1,200 hospitals across the country supports that. It found that C-section rates for low-risk deliveries among U.S. hospitals vary dramatically, even in the same communities and among similar institutions, and that in most hospitals the rates are above national targets.
In many cases, cesarean sections are absolutely necessary. But often they are not: Researchers estimate that almost half of the C-sections performed in the U.S. are done in situations when babies could be safely delivered vaginally instead. And performing a surgical birth when it isn’t necessary poses avoidable risks to the mother and her child and needlessly raises costs, research shows.
Alarmed by that trend, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)—the nation’s two leading medical organizations that focus on childbirth—issued recommendations in 2014 aimed at safely reining in unnecessary cesareans.................... “No one is saying that C-sections are never necessary, and no woman should feel guilty or somehow bad if they end up needing one,” says Elliott Main, M.D., the medical director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that works to improve outcomes for mothers and babies in that state. “But mothers shouldn’t be coerced, directly or indirectly, into having a cesarean either, and making C-section rates public can give women the information they need when choosing where to deliver their babies,” he says.............
Finally, C-sections cost almost 30 percent more than vaginal births. The average cost for a C-section in the U.S. today is $15,772, compared with $12,340 for a vaginal birth, though costs vary by as much as $10,000 across the U.S., according to Guroo.com.
http://www.consumerreports.org/doctors-hospitals/your-biggest-c-section-risk-may-be-your-hospital/
http://article.images.consumerreports.org/prod/content/dam/cro/news_articles/health/Consumer-Reports-II-Health-C-Section-State-rates-4-16
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The rate of caesarean section births in the U.S. was 32.7 percent in 2013 — well above the “medically necessary” target of 10 percent to 15 percent that WHO says is ideal. Germany and Italy have similarly high rates — 32 percent and 38 percent, respectively — while low-income countries like Afghanistan and Kenya hadn’t yet reached 10 percent, according to data from 2011. Brazil, notorious for high caesarean rates, tops the list at 52 percent.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/c-section-rate-recommendation_n_7058954.html