For those of us who strongly believe that surgery is NOT the preferred way  
to give birth, read on.... 
 
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1) NIH PANEL FINDS EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT TO RECOMMEND FOR OR AGAINST  
MATERNAL-REQUEST C-SECTION Following a two-day conference open to maternal-child  
health professionals, the public and the press, an independent panel convened by  
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a statement that “the  
available information comparing the risks and benefits of cesarean delivery on  
maternal request (CDMR) versus planned vaginal birth do not provide the basis 
 for a recommendation in either direction.” The panel cited insufficient 
research  evidence to recommend either for or against cesarean surgery on the 
request of a  mother. They recommended individualized counseling for each woman 
requesting  CDMR regarding risks and benefits of both vaginal and c-section 
delivery and  they urged providers to consider such factors as societal and 
cultural  conventions, ethical issues, available resources and other factors 
pertaining to  the individual when counseling a patient. The panel also made a 
variety of  recommendations for future research. For the full text of the panel’s 
State-of-t  he-Science statement, go to _http://consensus.nih.gov_ 
(http://consensus.nih.gov) . Archived  videocasts of the conference are available at 
_http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=998_ 
(http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=998) . 

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