The title sounds positive with the *improved* technique, it also sounds great
that it leads to a decrease in operative vaginal deliverys. But then go on to
state it causes *APGAR scores of 7 or less at 1 minute were significantly
more common with the low dose group* and also *newborns had a higher
high-level resuscitation rate.*
Oh, great, the moms have less operative interventions, but look at the cost
to the babies. I don't think this is good news for bf initiation if they have
to resuscitate babies, it certainly isn't good news for the babies, period!
I continue to be frustrated with the over use and abuse of epidurals. I
continue to believe in the normalcy of birth. This is what womens bodies were
designed to do, perfectly, without epidurals.
Roni M. Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
Long Island, New York
>
>
> Subject: Hopefully also good news for breastfeeding initiation
>
> <NORMAL VAGINAL DELIVERY RATE IS IMPROVED WITH LOW-DOSE EPIDURAL
> TECHNIQUES
> Low-dose epidural techniques achieve higher normal vaginal delivery
> rates than do traditional epidural methods, according to a report
> published in the July 7th issue of The Lancet.
> http://womenshealth.medscape.com/40023.rhtml?srcmp=wh-070601
>

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