Interested in home birth, hospital birth or private midwifery care? Questions or comments? Email Melissa Maimann or call 0400 418 448.
A recent study showing that the rate of cesarean sections performed at hospitals across … Canada, varied between less than 15% and more than 27% — with only 2% requested by the women — prompted researchers to recommend “revising the current guidelines” on when it is appropriate to perform a c-section … Difficult labor was found to be the most prevalent cause for a c-section …
It will be interesting to read what the new guidelines say. Certainly, some factors promote vaginal birth such as staying at home for as long as possible in labour, planning a homebirth, receiving midwifery care, being well prepared – emotionally, mentally and physically – for birth, reading widely about pregnancy and birth to be well-informed and more comfortable with the process and having the continued support of a midwife who is experienced in supporting women through natural birth.
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448