I am forwarding this because we all know how much the birthing
experience can influence the course of breastfeeding.
norma

From *Midwifery Today* Jan 4, 2006

Maternity Center Association (MCA), the oldest national organization
advocating on behalf of mothers and babies (established 1918), has
prepared two web pages in response to the recent release of the
record-setting 2004 U.S. cesarean rate of 29.1% by the National Center
for Health Statistics.

The first page
http://www.maternitywise.org/cesarean_response.html
points to important health and financial costs associated with
increasingly casual use of major abdominal surgery in a primarily
healthy population. It raises concerns about factors that are driving
the steady increase in the national cesarean rate. And it addresses
the fallacy of the common assumption that cesareans with no sign of a
medical need on birth certificates were initiated by mothers
themselves.

The second page
http://www.maternitywise.org/cesarean_advice.html
is a brief, clear overview of Maternity Center Association's advice
for pregnant women about cesarean section, vaginal birth, and vaginal
birth after cesarean (VBAC).

This work is a component of MCA's ongoing national program to promote
evidence-based maternity care.

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