Weekend News - “Natural” C-Section |
| Published: August 31, 2008, 10:22 am |
| Tags: parenting baby news, c section, cesarean birth, childbirth, natural birth |
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In a pretty interesting article this weekend it appears that a doctor and his research teams in London and Australia have develop a method for cesarean birth that attempts to more closely mimic a natural childbirth. Working from the assumption that childbirth has changed dramatically in the last few decades to center more on the experience of the parents, the doctor has taken steps to move c-section births in the same direction. Although the early stages are still the same - a sheet separates the mother’s view from the initial cutting - once the head of the baby is delivered the sheet is lowered so that the mother can see the delivery of the rest of the baby. The doctor then lets the uterus contractions help push the baby out after which it is rested on the mother’s chest just as in a natural birth. Procedures for emergency c-sections are not likely to change but for those that are planned, this may become an option after clinical trials are performed. This is [ Full article ] |
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