Labour & Delivery
A Birth Plan: Obstetrician’s Disclosure Sent One Mom Running
A pregnant woman posted a document she received from her obstetrician to a forum on AllNurses.com prefaced with the following:
I’m 26 weeks with my 3rd (1st 2 were hospital births) and at my last appointment my OB folding a piece of paper in half and handed it to my husband. He told us it was [...]
C-section not best option for breech birth
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada will launch program to teach physicians breech vaginal delivery
Carla Wintersgill
Last updated on Saturday, Jun. 20, 2009 03:49AM EDT
Physicians should no longer automatically opt to perform a cesarean section in the case of a breech birth, according to new guidelines by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Study on pregnant women’s concerns about childbirth
The Mother-Infant Wellness Lab at UBC is conducting a survey to better understand pregnant women’s feelings about labour and delivery. If you are over 18 and pregnant, you can participate!
If you would like to participate, please click here. You can also access this study and more information about their lab at www.motherinfantwellness.ca.
The key to changing C-section trend
Dated practices only drag out labour, specialists say. As Sharon Kirkey writes in the final part of her series, new ways of thinking are needed to cut the soaring number of surgical births in Canada
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )C-sections can leave psychological scars
Women who deliver through caesareans are more likely to suffer a form of post-traumatic stress disorder
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Why so many C-sections?
Forty years ago in Canada, five per cent of babies were delivered by caesarean. Today the rate is 28 per cent and rising. In fact, the C-section is the single most frequently performed surgery on Canadian women.Sharon Kirkey examines the risks, complications and concerns linked to this labour movement.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Elective C-sections
Published on 30/01/2009
Stephen Ndome
Jane Weru is meticulously wheeled into the operation theatre. Minutes later, she is the proud mother of a bouncing baby boy. Although still very drowsy from the effects of the anaesthesia, Jane is affording a jolly smile, seeing that all has gone well.
Her baby is just one of the growing [...]
Epidural or not? Both Sides Now
Both Sides Now
Epidural or not? Women share their stories
Laura Bickle | Today’sParent.com
Omigod, I don’t know if I can do this. There was a point in each of my labours where this thought ran through my mind. With my first child, Paige, this thought occurred 15 hours after being induced, 10 hours after getting an epidural [...]
