Cesarean Section

Birth in Brazil

Ricki Lake | Posted 05.07.2012

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The cultural fear is so intense that many Brazilian women are terrified of experiencing even the slightest contraction and believe that a vaginal birth will damage their bodies irreparably. Secondly, the physicians and pediatricians do not practice in groups and must be on call for their private patients 24/7.

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The Journey to Labor Land: How Women Can Reclaim Their Birth Rights

Lindsay Pyfer | Posted 04.23.2012

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No wonder so many women these days are leery of natural childbirth -- or even vaginal birth -- not realizing how perfectly their bodies are designed for it. As are babies.

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C-Sections Not Always Best For Preemies

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 02.15.2012

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Cesarean sections may not be best for preterm babies who are small for their gestational age, a new study found. It suggests than those infants have n...

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For Healthier Moms and Babies, X-Out Repeat C-Sections

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 03.24.2012

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Preliminary figures from the Centers for Disease control include a promising bit of news for women's health: for the first time in a decade, the rate of cesarean section births dropped.

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Mom Gives Birth To Miracle Baby

The Huffington Post | Jessica Samakow | Posted 01.03.2012

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Nilda Vargas, a 37-year-old police officer in the Bronx gave birth to 6-pound 4-ounce Ayden, who she calls her "miracle baby" on Wednesday. In 2008, V...

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C-sections and Pre-term Births on the Decline -- Is There a Link?

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 01.21.2012

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The c-section rate in the U.S. actually declined in 2010 from the previous year (from 32.9 percent to 32.8 percent) for the first time in a decade, and the preterm birth rate dropped for the fourth straight year to 12 percent.

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Too Posh To Push? C-sections On Demand

AP | By MARIA CHENG | Posted 01.09.2012

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LONDON -- Pregnant women in Britain, where the government provides free health care, may soon be able to get a cesarean section on demand thanks to a ...

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Childbirth as Protest Art? Done That

Karen Brody | Posted 01.04.2012

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All this 'birth performance art' is signaling that it is time to wake up and smell what is really going on when it comes to giving birth today.

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New Risk For Pregnant Women Considering C-Section

AP | By LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 10.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- New advice for pregnant women: If you're getting a C-section, special inflating boots strapped on your legs may lower the risk of a bloo...

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C-Section Rates Reach All Time High

Posted 09.18.2011

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More American women are having Cesarian section deliveries than ever before. According to a new report released today by HealthGrades, titled Obst...

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Electively Induced Labor: Remember, For Babies' Sake, Every Week Counts

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Premature Birth, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Babies, Cedars Sinai, Child Labor, Elective Induction, Pregnancy, Cesarean Section, Childbirth, Los Angeles News

With the breakneck pace so many people live these days, there's a temptation to press for more certainty about exactly when baby arrives. But when it comes to giving birth, it's best in the vast majority of cases to follow a natural course.

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How To Know If A Hysterectomy Is Right For You

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 07.06.2011

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Hysterectomy remains the second most common major surgical procedure performed on women in the United States after Cesarean section. But each patient should be treated as an individual.

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I Don't Care How My Baby Is Born

Cara McDonough | Posted 11.17.2011

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Like every parent on the planet, all I want is a healthy child (boring), and what I find strange about this experience is that I'm allowed -- and expected -- to make a decision regarding this desired outcome.

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Scientists Expect C-Section Rate To Keep Rising

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the ...

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Is Refusing a C-Section Child Abuse?

Amie Newman | Posted 11.17.2011

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The impact of not only our ignorance about birth but our desire to control what we don't know or don't understand, serves no one.

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Panel: Women Need Chance To Avoid Repeat C-section

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that...

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Christmas Miracle Birth As Mother, Infant Resuscitated After Showing No Signs Of Life

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife's hand in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve when she stopped breathing, her life ...

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Veronica Deramous Arrested: Woman Tried To Cut Baby From Homeless Woman's Stomach, Police Say

AP | By NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A 29-year-old homeless woman has given birth to a baby girl after, police said, she was befriended by a Maryland woman who held her capt...

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A Woman's Nation: Reclaim Your Right To Birth Right

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Maternal Death, Women's Health, A Woman's Nation, Health, Ina May Gaskin, Cesarean Section, Christiane Norrthrup, C-Section, Healthcare, Healthy Living News

I have spent the last 30 years educating women about the wisdom of their bodies, including their innate ability to birth normally. Yet our so-called healthcare system...sees the female body and its processes (like labor) as an accident waiting to happen.

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American Life League: Anti-Abortion "Personhood" Measures Really Will Hurt All Pregnant Women

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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What the American Life League provides is a defense of court orders forcing pregnant women to have cesarean surgery against their will.

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Dick Morris Doesn't Understand Birth or Health Care

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

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Morris implies that cutting back on cesareans and encouraging natural childbirth would do a disservice to the health of mothers and babies -- an implication that is patently false.

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Concerned About Coerced Abortions? Try Saying No to Cesarean Surgery

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The rise in cesarean surgery rates has not been accompanied by overall improvements in maternal or child health and creates risks to pregnant women and babies that do not exist with vaginal births.

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Extreme Birth, Indeed

Jennifer Block | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ricki Lake, Birth Center, New York Magazine, Midwives, Natural Childbirth, Cesarean Section, Erykah Badu, Obstetrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Home Birth, New York City, Evidence-Based Medicine, C-Section Rate, Healthy Living News

Routine maternity ward monitoring, inducing, and anesthetizing have added up to millions of unnecessary cesarean sections: a hospital childbirth system gone insane.

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