High C-Section Rates Aren’t Linked to Healthier Babies
High C-Section Rates Aren’t Linked to Healthier Babies
Researchers Don’t See a Link Between High C-Section Rates and Better Health of Newborns
“I am not saying that no inductions or cesarean sections are beneficial, I’m certain some are,” he says. “Be clear what the reason is if your obstetrician is suggesting an induction or cesarean section,” he says. ”If it is done for marginal reasons or convenience, I don’t think that is a good reason and women should not agree.”
John Weitzner, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, has some issues with the way the new study was designed and the conclusions.
The new study did not look at still births, which could have skewed the findings. “A vaginal delivery is preferable if everything is going well, but to say ‘I’m not going to have a C-section’ because of a study like this is an error in judgment,” he says.
Doctors take many factors into consideration before inducing labor or performing a C-section. “We look at how labor is progressing and if the baby’s heartbeat is looking good. And if there are problems that interfere with a safe vaginal delivery, a cesarean section should be performed,” he says.
High C-Section Rates Aren’t Linked to Healthier Babies
Researchers Don’t See a Link Between High C-Section Rates and Better Health of Newborns
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“I am not saying that no inductions or cesarean sections are beneficial, I’m certain some are,” he says. “Be clear what the reason is if your obstetrician is suggesting an induction or cesarean section,” he says. ”If it is done for marginal reasons or convenience, I don’t think that is a good reason and women should not agree.”
John Weitzner, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, has some issues with the way the new study was designed and the conclusions.
The new study did not look at still births, which could have skewed the findings. “A vaginal delivery is preferable if everything is going well, but to say ‘I’m not going to have a C-section’ because of a study like this is an error in judgment,” he says.
Doctors take many factors into consideration before inducing labor or performing a C-section. “We look at how labor is progressing and if the baby’s heartbeat is looking good. And if there are problems that interfere with a safe vaginal delivery, a cesarean section should be performed,” he says.
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