>it's the women's bodies that are at defective
One might also consider the substantial numbers who now opt for c-section as
it is felt to be more 'convenient'. i.e. a guaranteed day which allows
schedules to be planned - and less pain.
The fact that BF may be more difficult is not seen as a problem by those who
opt for this 'designer' birth.
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikki Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: 30% cesarean section rate
> Dear Friends:
> The latest horror is the article from Obstet Gynecol (2001;
> 97:911-915), to which Jan refers, that says "labor induction per se does
> not increase the risk of c/s, it is because the women are nulliparous or
have
> undilated cervixes prior to labor or have epidural anesthesia".
> "Honest folks, it's not us obstetricians doing the inductions that are
> the problem, it's these damn women and their faulty bodies! " Even though
> the c/s rate in the induction group for failure to progress was 14% in the
> induction group and was 8% in the spontaneous labor group, logistic
> regression analysis showed that it's the women's bodies that are at
defective.
> Is that what obstetricians do? Regress logically?
> In 1998, the national (USA) induction rate was nearly 20%; the
national
> augmentation rate was 17.8%. You mean that 40% of women can't labor
without
> hormonal stimulation? (Wish we had something like that for orgasm!) We are
> seeing what happens when women are pumped full of fluid so that pitocin
can
> be used, there are more breastfeeding problems. Folks, please publish
these
> findings! A letter to the editor is far easier to publish than an article.
> It would be helpful to have an accurate definition for birth, as we
now
> have, thanks to Labbok and Krasovec, more precise definitions of
> breastfeeding. At present, all vaginal birth is considered equivalent, and
> traumatic, leading to the trend towards elective cesarean section.
> So, is birth spontaneous or induced? Medicated or unmedicated?
Unassisted
> or operative? At home or in the hospital? I don't think the exit portal
from
> the body is what defines birth any more, do you?
> Yes, we will need an LC for every dyad in a few years.
> Warmly,
> Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI
> craniosacral therapy practitioner; childbirth educator
> Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA)
> supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative
>
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