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The Unspoken Dangers of Planned Cesareans
Posted On 11/26/2008 07:19:21 by DebbyS
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Some women are choosing to have their baby by a planned, or scheduled, cesarean instead of “leaving things to chance.” How sad that these women aren’t considering the extra dangers these planned cesareans bring into the picture. Articles that try to paint cesareans as panaceas for the “problems” of normal birth often make opinion seem like fact. For instance, they may list incontinence or pelvic floor weakness as consequence of normal birth. Yet, women who’ve never even been pregnant sometimes have these problems. Or, they may think that planning the date for the birth via cesarean makes things more calm. That’s like saying it’s calm before the gun goes off when playing Russian Roulette. Cesareans raise the mother’s AND the baby’s risk of dying; women have more problems with breastfeeding (which also raises the baby’s risk of dying); women have more long-term problems. How is that more calm over the long run? And, think of this: when one schedules the day of her child’s birth, she is effecting that child’s whole life. God knows what will happen in the future. He may have chosen a different day because the day of the child’s birth may have a huge impact on their life; we don’t have that knowledge. What if the child is drafted because of their scheduled birth date and would’ve missed the draft otherwise? Scheduling cesareans because the baby is breech is simply pointing to a lack of experience and training on the part of the birth attendant and the terrible chance for litigation many OBs face. Normal breech birth with a skilled attendant is not risk free - but neither is cesarean delivery of breech babies. Cesareans raise the risk of the baby dying by THREE TIMES! So, add in that risk when comparing breech births. Then, some breech babies have congenital abnormalities which raise the risk of the baby dying regardless of birth method. But, if the baby dies after normal delivery everyone thinks it would’ve been saved if born via cesarean. That’s a nice wish, but not necessarily so. Planning a cesarean because the woman has already had a cesarean is like fighting fire with fire - good if it’s needed, and just compounding a problem if not. Women who have had a cesarean have very little risk when planning on normal birth. ican-online.com is a great place for information on this. Let’s look at one more reason to not schedule a cesarean. Scheduling the day of your baby’s birth may be a little like trying to schedule when you’ll meet your future spouse or when you’ll see a beautiful sunrise. Some of life greatest joys are unplanned - they are simply a gift from God.
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