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	<title>Private Midwifery in Sydney &#187; Caesarean</title>
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		<title>Caesarean babies face more infections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Some caesareans are genuinely necessary for the safety of mother or baby, so I wouldn&#8217;t like for this article to offend readers who may have had a caesarean that they feel was necessary for one reason or another. However, necessary or not, this article is reporting on the fact that babies who are born by caesarean tend to experience more infections than babies who were born vaginally. This adds to the other known risks of caesareans such as an increase in the rate of asthma, respiratory infections and diabetes. BABIES born by caesarean are much more likely to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unkindest Cut: Countdown to a C-Section</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link &#8230; “Usually I start off by telling people my C-section started even before I got to the hospital &#8230; &#8230; Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns had the highest rate of cesarean section deliveries in San Diego County in 2009. The California average was 29.8 per 100 births; at Sharp Mary Birch, the rate was 37.7. &#8230; At 40 weeks &#8230; Cooper-Schultz’s water broke, though she was not in labor. In a birthing class &#8230; they told her, we have to get the baby out within 24 hours. So she and her husband went to the hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors driving the increase in caesareans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link THE popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are too posh to push is incorrect, a new study shows. University of Queensland researchers surveyed 22,000 Queensland mums &#8230; &#8230; 48 per cent of women in private hospitals who had a caesarean did so on the recommendation of their [obstetrician]. Just under 40 per cent of women in public hospitals said the same. &#8230; only 10 per cent said they had wanted to have their baby born that way. &#8220;&#8230; the majority of women would prefer to have a vaginal birth,&#8221; &#8230; &#8220;The increase in caesareans seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scheduled C-Sections: Interfering with Nature?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link &#8230; I had really easy pregnancies &#8230; By the end of each pregnancy, I was ready to do just about anything to get those babies out of me, but I never wanted a C-section &#8230; I never even read the C-section chapters in all my pregnancy books. Why would I? I always knew I wanted to deliver my babies naturally, as in no drugs or medical interventions at all. I went to my OB for a regular checkup on my due date for my first baby and was told that I was measuring small and needed an ultrasound. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First-time mums learn the hard way: informed mums choose private midwives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article has suggested that first-time mums have overly unrealistic ideas about their birth &#8211; that it will be a natural, uncomplicated birth, when in reality it is not, for the majority. We know that women choosing care through the general hospital system will experience high rates of interventions, leading ultimately to a caesarean. But few women know that if they engage a private midwife for a hospital or homebirth, they will experience much lower rates of intervention, but with the same level of safety. Care with an eligible private midwife will attract medicare benefits, and obstetric care is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do first-time mothers have unrealistic views about having uncomplicated births, or does the health system fail them?</title>
		<link>http://www.sydneymidwife.com.au/2012/01/do-first-time-mothers-have-unrealistic-views-about-having-uncomplicated-births-or-does-the-health-system-fail-them/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=do-first-time-mothers-have-unrealistic-views-about-having-uncomplicated-births-or-does-the-health-system-fail-them</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting report in The Telegraph states that first-time mums have unrealistic expectations of drug-free, natural, uncomplicated births, when in reality, they have a mere 21% chance of: a labour that starts on its own (ie, is not induced not using an epidural birthing without the use of instruments or operations If we exclude from that figure the proportion of women who also birth without stitches, that figure becomes a mere 8%. The papers would like us to believe that first-time mothers have unrealistic views about having uncomplicated births, increasing the risk of post-natal depression In other words, postnatal depression [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myths and Truths of Obesity and Pregnancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Ironically, despite excessive caloric intake, many obese women are deficient in vitamins vital to a healthy pregnancy &#8230; &#8230; Many obese women are vitamin deficient &#8230; Forty percent are deficient in iron, 24 percent in folic acid and 4 percent in B12. This is a concern because certain vitamins, like folic acid, are very important before conception, lowering the risk of cardiac problems and spinal defects in newborns. Other vitamins, such as calcium and iron, are needed throughout pregnancy to help babies grow. &#8230; vitamin deficiency has to do with the quality of the diet, not the quantity. Obese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infection after Caesarean killed mum, inquest told</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link A young mother died from heart failure brought on by an infection after an emergency Caesarean section, an inquest has been told. While a post-mortem found 34-year-old Terri-Louise Moore died as a result of a clot on her lung, a doctor caring for the Ballymena woman said he believed an infection was the cause of death. Mrs Moore &#8230; was 33 weeks pregnant when admitted to Antrim Area Hospital &#8230; She underwent an emergency Caesarean section and a healthy baby girl was born, but Mrs Moore’s condition deteriorated after the birth and she was given antibiotics for an infection. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inducing labor doesn’t raise risk of uterine rupture in VBAC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Inducing labor doesn’t increase the risk of uterine rupture, once length of labor is taken into account, in women attempting vaginal delivery after a cesarean delivery &#8230; &#8230; After accounting for length of labor using a time-to-event analysis, researchers found that the risk of uterine rupture with induced labor was similar to that of spontaneous labor &#8230; Women with an initial unfavorable cervical exam (]]></description>
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		<title>Unneeded cesareans are risky and expensive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Maimann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link Cesarean deliveries are over-used &#8230; and reducing the number of surgical births would save health-care dollars and protect women’s health. Those are the conclusions of a new white paper issued today by the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative. &#8230; in the last 15 years, the rate of surgical birth has increased from 22 to 32 percent of California deliveries with no measurable benefits for new mothers or their babies. This is a concern because cesareans aren’t risk-free. After surgical delivery, women experience more pain, infection and hemorrhage than women who give birth vaginally. Women who have had a prior [...]]]></description>
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