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To add a focal point to the context this article provides - the keyword in this article is "cesarean." We presume in the US health system it is normative. It is
by sirspacey 9y ago
To add a focal point to the context this article provides - the keyword in this article is "cesarean." We presume in the US health system it is normative. It is surgery. The other countries listed all have strong midwifery communities with significant hospital privileged. One of the ways midwives help reduce mortality rates is enable even births with complications to be delivered without surgery. If you have a baby on the way, consider a visit to a midwife. If nothing else, you'll gain access to knowledge, experience and training doctors do not typically receive in the US.
- sabujp 9y agodepends on the complication, but sometimes for the health of the baby and mom csection is absolutely necessary
- QAPereo 9y agoYou don’t see more than 10%-15% of live births in a large population requiring cesarean for medical reasons. In the US the rate is over 34% of live births via cesarean.
- rayiner 9y agoThe statistic is useless without reference to mothers' health and weight. Heavier moms are at higher risk for C sections, and the U.S. rate of obesity is much higher than in Europe.
- kaitai 9y agoIn the US, breech babies (4%) are automatic C-sections almost everywhere regardless of maternal condition. This is not true elsewhere. There are also a fair number of purely elective (mother-chosen) C-sections in the US. Obesity is a factor but it does not account for US C-section rates.
- rayiner 9y agoMy dad spent much of his career in public health trying to figure out how to get women in places like Bangladesh to go visit hospitals instead of midwives. He does not find the midwife trend in America amusing. Relevant: http://www.skepticalob.com/2014/09/awesome-dutch-midwives-kill-just-as-many-babies-in-the-hospital-as-at-home.html http://www.skepticalob.com/2014/09/awesome-dutch-midwives-ki....
- sirspacey 9y agoFor context, my immediate and extended family has had our births through midwives. US midwives are, in our experience across several states, absolutely incredible at what they do.