Business of Being Born

Keepercjr · Feb 25, 2008

I'm not sure where to find the c/s rates of different hospitals. About 2 weeks ago there was a front page article in our local paper about the rising rate of c/s and they gave the #s for our local hospitals. One hospital had a 42% c/s rate!! Another one, serving the same kind of demographic (lower income - rural hospital) had a 24% rate. So even in the same area (the 6 hospitals they profiled were all within 50 miles of my house) there can be a huge difference in rates. Crazy. The rest of the hospitals were around the national average of 30%.

Keepercjr · Feb 25, 2008

I'm not sure where to find the c/s rates of different hospitals. About 2 weeks ago there was a front page article in our local paper about the rising rate of c/s and they gave the #s for our local hospitals. One hospital had a 42% c/s rate!! Another one, serving the same kind of demographic (lower income - rural hospital) had a 24% rate. So even in the same area (the 6 hospitals they profiled were all within 50 miles of my house) there can be a huge difference in rates. Crazy. The rest of the hospitals were around the national average of 30%.

Keepercjr · Feb 25, 2008

I'm not sure where to find the c/s rates of different hospitals. About 2 weeks ago there was a front page article in our local paper about the rising rate of c/s and they gave the #s for our local hospitals. One hospital had a 42% c/s rate!! Another one, serving the same kind of demographic (lower income - rural hospital) had a 24% rate. So even in the same area (the 6 hospitals they profiled were all within 50 miles of my house) there can be a huge difference in rates. Crazy. The rest of the hospitals were around the national average of 30%.

Keepercjr · Feb 25, 2008

I'm not sure where to find the c/s rates of different hospitals. About 2 weeks ago there was a front page article in our local paper about the rising rate of c/s and they gave the #s for our local hospitals. One hospital had a 42% c/s rate!! Another one, serving the same kind of demographic (lower income - rural hospital) had a 24% rate. So even in the same area (the 6 hospitals they profiled were all within 50 miles of my house) there can be a huge difference in rates. Crazy. The rest of the hospitals were around the national average of 30%.

Keepercjr · Feb 25, 2008

I'm not sure where to find the c/s rates of different hospitals. About 2 weeks ago there was a front page article in our local paper about the rising rate of c/s and they gave the #s for our local hospitals. One hospital had a 42% c/s rate!! Another one, serving the same kind of demographic (lower income - rural hospital) had a 24% rate. So even in the same area (the 6 hospitals they profiled were all within 50 miles of my house) there can be a huge difference in rates. Crazy. The rest of the hospitals were around the national average of 30%.

Scarlett81 · Feb 26, 2008

Here is info found quickly through google at a legitimate and neutral based pregnancy website on the risk of c sec's.

< When a cesarean is done, the risks and benefits of the procedure need to be weighed. This includes looking at the added benefits and risks of doing a cesarean or of birthing the child vaginally. Sometimes the benefits of the cesarean will outweigh the risks, and sometime the vaginal birth benefits will outweigh the risks of the cesarean.

People were asking what the additional risk of the cesarean were. I am condensing the following list from the book Mayo Clinic: Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. If you have any questions feel free to write me at: pregnancy.guide@about.com

Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pregnancy.about.com/
">http://pregnancy.about.com/
</a>
Cesarean birth is major surgery, and, as with other surgical procedures, risks are involved. The estimated risk of a woman dying after a cesarean birth is less than one in 2,500 (the risk of death after a vaginal birth is less than one in 10,000). These are estimated risks for a large population of women. Individual medical conditions such as some heart problems may make the risk of vaginal birth higher than cesarean birth.

Other risks for the mother include the following:

* Infection. The uterus or nearby pelvic organs such as the bladder or kidneys can become infected.
* Increased blood loss. Blood loss on the average is about twice as much with cesarean birth as with vaginal birth. However, blood transfusions are rarely needed during a cesarean.
* Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfort.
* Respiratory complications. General anesthesia can sometimes lead to pneumonia.
* Longer hospital stay and recovery time. Three to five days in the hospital is the common length of stay, whereas it is less than one to three days for a vaginal birth.
* Reactions to anesthesia. The mother's health could be endangered by unexpected responses (such as blood pressure that drops quickly) to anesthesia or other medications during the surgery.
* Risk of additional surgeries. For example, hysterectomy, bladder repair, etc.

In cesarean birth, the possible risks to the baby include the following:

* Premature birth. If the due date was not accurately calculated, the baby could be delivered too early.
* Breathing problems. Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea (abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth).
* Low Apgar scores. Babies born by cesarean sometimes have low Apgar scores. The low score can be an effect of the anesthesia and cesarean birth, or the baby may have been in distress to begin with. Or perhaps the baby was not stimulated as he or she would have been by vaginal birth.
* Fetal injury. Although rare, the surgeon can accidentally nick the baby while making the uterine incision.>

More info on the added risks of c sec can be found in any preg book-even What to expect when you are Expecting. It is common knowledge that there is an added risk to mama and baby.
As to comparing elective c sec to other elective surgeries, yes thats true, it is a personal choice. However, in my view, it is different from, lets say, an elective plastic surgery or other type of elective surgery (only mentioned plastic surgery bc its the only elective surgery i can think off the top of my head) b/c---you are involving the life of the baby and not just mom.
I respectfully disagree in elective c sec's. It is not worth the added risk of complications to my baby's health and safety, not to mention the added chances of not being able to have future pregnancies safely.
I'm not talking about you or your choice when I say this, Tara, bc I don't know what your reasons for it were, but many women have elective c's bc birth has been portrayed by them to be an unbearable agony that they fear too much to be able to handle. Its really sad that media and doc's have caused that. Really sad.

Scarlett81 · Feb 26, 2008

Here is info found quickly through google at a legitimate and neutral based pregnancy website on the risk of c sec's.

< When a cesarean is done, the risks and benefits of the procedure need to be weighed. This includes looking at the added benefits and risks of doing a cesarean or of birthing the child vaginally. Sometimes the benefits of the cesarean will outweigh the risks, and sometime the vaginal birth benefits will outweigh the risks of the cesarean.

People were asking what the additional risk of the cesarean were. I am condensing the following list from the book Mayo Clinic: Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. If you have any questions feel free to write me at: pregnancy.guide@about.com

Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pregnancy.about.com/
">http://pregnancy.about.com/
</a>
Cesarean birth is major surgery, and, as with other surgical procedures, risks are involved. The estimated risk of a woman dying after a cesarean birth is less than one in 2,500 (the risk of death after a vaginal birth is less than one in 10,000). These are estimated risks for a large population of women. Individual medical conditions such as some heart problems may make the risk of vaginal birth higher than cesarean birth.

Other risks for the mother include the following:

* Infection. The uterus or nearby pelvic organs such as the bladder or kidneys can become infected.
* Increased blood loss. Blood loss on the average is about twice as much with cesarean birth as with vaginal birth. However, blood transfusions are rarely needed during a cesarean.
* Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfort.
* Respiratory complications. General anesthesia can sometimes lead to pneumonia.
* Longer hospital stay and recovery time. Three to five days in the hospital is the common length of stay, whereas it is less than one to three days for a vaginal birth.
* Reactions to anesthesia. The mother's health could be endangered by unexpected responses (such as blood pressure that drops quickly) to anesthesia or other medications during the surgery.
* Risk of additional surgeries. For example, hysterectomy, bladder repair, etc.

In cesarean birth, the possible risks to the baby include the following:

* Premature birth. If the due date was not accurately calculated, the baby could be delivered too early.
* Breathing problems. Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea (abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth).
* Low Apgar scores. Babies born by cesarean sometimes have low Apgar scores. The low score can be an effect of the anesthesia and cesarean birth, or the baby may have been in distress to begin with. Or perhaps the baby was not stimulated as he or she would have been by vaginal birth.
* Fetal injury. Although rare, the surgeon can accidentally nick the baby while making the uterine incision.>

More info on the added risks of c sec can be found in any preg book-even What to expect when you are Expecting. It is common knowledge that there is an added risk to mama and baby.
As to comparing elective c sec to other elective surgeries, yes thats true, it is a personal choice. However, in my view, it is different from, lets say, an elective plastic surgery or other type of elective surgery (only mentioned plastic surgery bc its the only elective surgery i can think off the top of my head) b/c---you are involving the life of the baby and not just mom.
I respectfully disagree in elective c sec's. It is not worth the added risk of complications to my baby's health and safety, not to mention the added chances of not being able to have future pregnancies safely.
I'm not talking about you or your choice when I say this, Tara, bc I don't know what your reasons for it were, but many women have elective c's bc birth has been portrayed by them to be an unbearable agony that they fear too much to be able to handle. Its really sad that media and doc's have caused that. Really sad.

Scarlett81 · Feb 26, 2008

Here is info found quickly through google at a legitimate and neutral based pregnancy website on the risk of c sec's.

< When a cesarean is done, the risks and benefits of the procedure need to be weighed. This includes looking at the added benefits and risks of doing a cesarean or of birthing the child vaginally. Sometimes the benefits of the cesarean will outweigh the risks, and sometime the vaginal birth benefits will outweigh the risks of the cesarean.

People were asking what the additional risk of the cesarean were. I am condensing the following list from the book Mayo Clinic: Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. If you have any questions feel free to write me at: pregnancy.guide@about.com

Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pregnancy.about.com/
">http://pregnancy.about.com/
</a>
Cesarean birth is major surgery, and, as with other surgical procedures, risks are involved. The estimated risk of a woman dying after a cesarean birth is less than one in 2,500 (the risk of death after a vaginal birth is less than one in 10,000). These are estimated risks for a large population of women. Individual medical conditions such as some heart problems may make the risk of vaginal birth higher than cesarean birth.

Other risks for the mother include the following:

* Infection. The uterus or nearby pelvic organs such as the bladder or kidneys can become infected.
* Increased blood loss. Blood loss on the average is about twice as much with cesarean birth as with vaginal birth. However, blood transfusions are rarely needed during a cesarean.
* Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfort.
* Respiratory complications. General anesthesia can sometimes lead to pneumonia.
* Longer hospital stay and recovery time. Three to five days in the hospital is the common length of stay, whereas it is less than one to three days for a vaginal birth.
* Reactions to anesthesia. The mother's health could be endangered by unexpected responses (such as blood pressure that drops quickly) to anesthesia or other medications during the surgery.
* Risk of additional surgeries. For example, hysterectomy, bladder repair, etc.

In cesarean birth, the possible risks to the baby include the following:

* Premature birth. If the due date was not accurately calculated, the baby could be delivered too early.
* Breathing problems. Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea (abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth).
* Low Apgar scores. Babies born by cesarean sometimes have low Apgar scores. The low score can be an effect of the anesthesia and cesarean birth, or the baby may have been in distress to begin with. Or perhaps the baby was not stimulated as he or she would have been by vaginal birth.
* Fetal injury. Although rare, the surgeon can accidentally nick the baby while making the uterine incision.>

More info on the added risks of c sec can be found in any preg book-even What to expect when you are Expecting. It is common knowledge that there is an added risk to mama and baby.
As to comparing elective c sec to other elective surgeries, yes thats true, it is a personal choice. However, in my view, it is different from, lets say, an elective plastic surgery or other type of elective surgery (only mentioned plastic surgery bc its the only elective surgery i can think off the top of my head) b/c---you are involving the life of the baby and not just mom.
I respectfully disagree in elective c sec's. It is not worth the added risk of complications to my baby's health and safety, not to mention the added chances of not being able to have future pregnancies safely.
I'm not talking about you or your choice when I say this, Tara, bc I don't know what your reasons for it were, but many women have elective c's bc birth has been portrayed by them to be an unbearable agony that they fear too much to be able to handle. Its really sad that media and doc's have caused that. Really sad.

Scarlett81 · Feb 26, 2008

Here is info found quickly through google at a legitimate and neutral based pregnancy website on the risk of c sec's.

< When a cesarean is done, the risks and benefits of the procedure need to be weighed. This includes looking at the added benefits and risks of doing a cesarean or of birthing the child vaginally. Sometimes the benefits of the cesarean will outweigh the risks, and sometime the vaginal birth benefits will outweigh the risks of the cesarean.

People were asking what the additional risk of the cesarean were. I am condensing the following list from the book Mayo Clinic: Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. If you have any questions feel free to write me at: pregnancy.guide@about.com

Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA)
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pregnancy.about.com/
">http://pregnancy.about.com/
</a>
Cesarean birth is major surgery, and, as with other surgical procedures, risks are involved. The estimated risk of a woman dying after a cesarean birth is less than one in 2,500 (the risk of death after a vaginal birth is less than one in 10,000). These are estimated risks for a large population of women. Individual medical conditions such as some heart problems may make the risk of vaginal birth higher than cesarean birth.

Other risks for the mother include the following:

* Infection. The uterus or nearby pelvic organs such as the bladder or kidneys can become infected.
* Increased blood loss. Blood loss on the average is about twice as much with cesarean birth as with vaginal birth. However, blood transfusions are rarely needed during a cesarean.
* Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfort.
* Respiratory complications. General anesthesia can sometimes lead to pneumonia.
* Longer hospital stay and recovery time. Three to five days in the hospital is the common length of stay, whereas it is less than one to three days for a vaginal birth.
* Reactions to anesthesia. The mother's health could be endangered by unexpected responses (such as blood pressure that drops quickly) to anesthesia or other medications during the surgery.
* Risk of additional surgeries. For example, hysterectomy, bladder repair, etc.

In cesarean birth, the possible risks to the baby include the following:

* Premature birth. If the due date was not accurately calculated, the baby could be delivered too early.
* Breathing problems. Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea (abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth).
* Low Apgar scores. Babies born by cesarean sometimes have low Apgar scores. The low score can be an effect of the anesthesia and cesarean birth, or the baby may have been in distress to begin with. Or perhaps the baby was not stimulated as he or she would have been by vaginal birth.
* Fetal injury. Although rare, the surgeon can accidentally nick the baby while making the uterine incision.>

More info on the added risks of c sec can be found in any preg book-even What to expect when you are Expecting. It is common knowledge that there is an added risk to mama and baby.
As to comparing elective c sec to other elective surgeries, yes thats true, it is a personal choice. However, in my view, it is different from, lets say, an elective plastic surgery or other type of elective surgery (only mentioned plastic surgery bc its the only elective surgery i can think off the top of my head) b/c---you are involving the life of the baby and not just mom.
I respectfully disagree in elective c sec's. It is not worth the added risk of complications to my baby's health and safety, not to mention the added chances of not being able to have future pregnancies safely.
I'm not talking about you or your choice when I say this, Tara, bc I don't know what your reasons for it were, but many women have elective c's bc birth has been portrayed by them to be an unbearable agony that they fear too much to be able to handle. Its really sad that media and doc's have caused that. Really sad.

Scarlett81 · Feb 26, 2008

Here is info found quickly through google at a legitimate and neutral based pregnancy website on the risk of c sec's.
 
 < When a cesarean is done, the risks and benefits of the procedure need to be weighed. This includes looking at the added benefits and risks of doing a cesarean or of birthing the child vaginally. Sometimes the benefits of the cesarean will outweigh the risks, and sometime the vaginal birth benefits will outweigh the risks of the cesarean.
 
 People were asking what the additional risk of the cesarean were. I am condensing the following list from the book Mayo Clinic: Complete Book of Pregnancy & Baby's First Year. If you have any questions feel free to write me at: pregnancy.guide@about.com
 
 Robin Elise Weiss, ICCE, CD(DONA)
 <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://pregnancy.about.com/
">http://pregnancy.about.com/
</a> 
 Cesarean birth is major surgery, and, as with other surgical procedures, risks are involved. The estimated risk of a woman dying after a cesarean birth is less than one in 2,500 (the risk of death after a vaginal birth is less than one in 10,000). These are estimated risks for a large population of women. Individual medical conditions such as some heart problems may make the risk of vaginal birth higher than cesarean birth.
 
 Other risks for the mother include the following:
 
 * Infection. The uterus or nearby pelvic organs such as the bladder or kidneys can become infected.
 * Increased blood loss. Blood loss on the average is about twice as much with cesarean birth as with vaginal birth. However, blood transfusions are rarely needed during a cesarean.
 * Decreased bowel function. The bowel sometimes slows down for several days after surgery, resulting in distention, bloating and discomfort.
 * Respiratory complications. General anesthesia can sometimes lead to pneumonia.
 * Longer hospital stay and recovery time. Three to five days in the hospital is the common length of stay, whereas it is less than one to three days for a vaginal birth.
 * Reactions to anesthesia. The mother's health could be endangered by unexpected responses (such as blood pressure that drops quickly) to anesthesia or other medications during the surgery.
 * Risk of additional surgeries. For example, hysterectomy, bladder repair, etc.
 
 In cesarean birth, the possible risks to the baby include the following:
 
 * Premature birth. If the due date was not accurately calculated, the baby could be delivered too early.
 * Breathing problems. Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea (abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth).
 * Low Apgar scores. Babies born by cesarean sometimes have low Apgar scores. The low score can be an effect of the anesthesia and cesarean birth, or the baby may have been in distress to begin with. Or perhaps the baby was not stimulated as he or she would have been by vaginal birth.
 * Fetal injury. Although rare, the surgeon can accidentally nick the baby while making the uterine incision.>
 
 
 More info on the added risks of c sec can be found in any preg book-even What to expect when you are Expecting. It is common knowledge that there is an added risk to mama and baby.
 As to comparing elective c sec to other elective surgeries, yes thats true, it is a personal choice. However, in my view, it is different from, lets say, an elective plastic surgery or other type of elective surgery (only mentioned plastic surgery bc its the only elective surgery i can think off the top of my head) b/c---you are involving the life of the baby and not just mom.
 I respectfully disagree in elective c sec's. It is not worth the added risk of complications to my baby's health and safety, not to mention the added chances of not being able to have future pregnancies safely.
 I'm not talking about you or your choice when I say this, Tara, bc I don't know what your reasons for it were, but many women have elective c's bc birth has been portrayed by them to be an unbearable agony that they fear too much to be able to handle. Its really sad that media and doc's have caused that. Really sad.

Keepercjr · Feb 26, 2008

Christian

While I agree with you in that I would never do an elective c/s (I would vaginally birth twins and even breech if I could find a care provider who knew what they were doing) I DO think that c/s is a viable option for some women. For example, some women have been extremely traumatized by sexual abuse and the thought of the whole birth process (especially vaginal exams and everyone looking "down there") can be too much to bear. And also women who have had traumatic vaginal births who are fearful of the same thing happening again. My midwife said she has done some births with no vaginal checks so I know it is an option but for the average woman birthing in the hospital, it is near impossible to have a peaceful and private birthing experience. And there are ways to prevent tearing, which I always explain to women who express that fear, sometimes the fear just runs too deep.

My hope is that women become educated on their options, know ALL the risks and benefits to EVERY intervention, and then make the choice that is right for them. You can't just rely on your doctor or nurse to tell you because they won't tell you the whole story. NOBODY told me the risks to pitocin - only that induction carries a higher risk of c/s. NOBODY told me the risks to stadol. I should have been way more educated but I wasn't. Now that I know better, I'll do better for myself.

Keepercjr · Feb 26, 2008

Christian

While I agree with you in that I would never do an elective c/s (I would vaginally birth twins and even breech if I could find a care provider who knew what they were doing) I DO think that c/s is a viable option for some women. For example, some women have been extremely traumatized by sexual abuse and the thought of the whole birth process (especially vaginal exams and everyone looking "down there") can be too much to bear. And also women who have had traumatic vaginal births who are fearful of the same thing happening again. My midwife said she has done some births with no vaginal checks so I know it is an option but for the average woman birthing in the hospital, it is near impossible to have a peaceful and private birthing experience. And there are ways to prevent tearing, which I always explain to women who express that fear, sometimes the fear just runs too deep.

My hope is that women become educated on their options, know ALL the risks and benefits to EVERY intervention, and then make the choice that is right for them. You can't just rely on your doctor or nurse to tell you because they won't tell you the whole story. NOBODY told me the risks to pitocin - only that induction carries a higher risk of c/s. NOBODY told me the risks to stadol. I should have been way more educated but I wasn't. Now that I know better, I'll do better for myself.

Keepercjr · Feb 26, 2008

Christian

While I agree with you in that I would never do an elective c/s (I would vaginally birth twins and even breech if I could find a care provider who knew what they were doing) I DO think that c/s is a viable option for some women. For example, some women have been extremely traumatized by sexual abuse and the thought of the whole birth process (especially vaginal exams and everyone looking "down there") can be too much to bear. And also women who have had traumatic vaginal births who are fearful of the same thing happening again. My midwife said she has done some births with no vaginal checks so I know it is an option but for the average woman birthing in the hospital, it is near impossible to have a peaceful and private birthing experience. And there are ways to prevent tearing, which I always explain to women who express that fear, sometimes the fear just runs too deep.

My hope is that women become educated on their options, know ALL the risks and benefits to EVERY intervention, and then make the choice that is right for them. You can't just rely on your doctor or nurse to tell you because they won't tell you the whole story. NOBODY told me the risks to pitocin - only that induction carries a higher risk of c/s. NOBODY told me the risks to stadol. I should have been way more educated but I wasn't. Now that I know better, I'll do better for myself.

Keepercjr · Feb 26, 2008

Christian

While I agree with you in that I would never do an elective c/s (I would vaginally birth twins and even breech if I could find a care provider who knew what they were doing) I DO think that c/s is a viable option for some women. For example, some women have been extremely traumatized by sexual abuse and the thought of the whole birth process (especially vaginal exams and everyone looking "down there") can be too much to bear. And also women who have had traumatic vaginal births who are fearful of the same thing happening again. My midwife said she has done some births with no vaginal checks so I know it is an option but for the average woman birthing in the hospital, it is near impossible to have a peaceful and private birthing experience. And there are ways to prevent tearing, which I always explain to women who express that fear, sometimes the fear just runs too deep.

My hope is that women become educated on their options, know ALL the risks and benefits to EVERY intervention, and then make the choice that is right for them. You can't just rely on your doctor or nurse to tell you because they won't tell you the whole story. NOBODY told me the risks to pitocin - only that induction carries a higher risk of c/s. NOBODY told me the risks to stadol. I should have been way more educated but I wasn't. Now that I know better, I'll do better for myself.

Keepercjr · Feb 26, 2008

Christian
 
 While I agree with you in that I would never do an elective c/s (I would vaginally birth twins and even breech if I could find a care provider who knew what they were doing) I DO think that c/s is a viable option for some women. For example, some women have been extremely traumatized by sexual abuse and the thought of the whole birth process (especially vaginal exams and everyone looking "down there") can be too much to bear. And also women who have had traumatic vaginal births who are fearful of the same thing happening again. My midwife said she has done some births with no vaginal checks so I know it is an option but for the average woman birthing in the hospital, it is near impossible to have a peaceful and private birthing experience. And there are ways to prevent tearing, which I always explain to women who express that fear, sometimes the fear just runs too deep.
 
 My hope is that women become educated on their options, know ALL the risks and benefits to EVERY intervention, and then make the choice that is right for them. You can't just rely on your doctor or nurse to tell you because they won't tell you the whole story. NOBODY told me the risks to pitocin - only that induction carries a higher risk of c/s. NOBODY told me the risks to stadol. I should have been way more educated but I wasn't. Now that I know better, I'll do better for myself.

mom2lillian · Feb 26, 2008

I realize cs are higher than vaginal, I am just interested in any sites showing hospital to hospital comparison, like the article metnioed but a database for the coutnry. Maybe I have found a part time job for you Caroline!

I do agree there are too many c's. That being said. Not to leave Tara out in the wind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> when they told me that I needed a C-section they did say they could try waiting a bit longer but then they said since we had not even started pushing they highly recommended against it to avoid further episode, from which Lillian may not bounce back. I considered the option of declining the CS with the thought that were they not monitoring me so closely they may not even notice these changes but then I decided CS are there to save lives and (more realistically what I was afraid of was brain damage etc) that I was not willing to chance putting Lillian in great danger for the birth plan that I had in mind. In the long run a cs while it does have its risks is a fairly safe avenue and its a small price to pay for a healthy baby. (no comments from the peanut gallery on my birth story thank you)

mom2lillian · Feb 26, 2008

I realize cs are higher than vaginal, I am just interested in any sites showing hospital to hospital comparison, like the article metnioed but a database for the coutnry. Maybe I have found a part time job for you Caroline!

I do agree there are too many c's. That being said. Not to leave Tara out in the wind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> when they told me that I needed a C-section they did say they could try waiting a bit longer but then they said since we had not even started pushing they highly recommended against it to avoid further episode, from which Lillian may not bounce back. I considered the option of declining the CS with the thought that were they not monitoring me so closely they may not even notice these changes but then I decided CS are there to save lives and (more realistically what I was afraid of was brain damage etc) that I was not willing to chance putting Lillian in great danger for the birth plan that I had in mind. In the long run a cs while it does have its risks is a fairly safe avenue and its a small price to pay for a healthy baby. (no comments from the peanut gallery on my birth story thank you)

mom2lillian · Feb 26, 2008

I realize cs are higher than vaginal, I am just interested in any sites showing hospital to hospital comparison, like the article metnioed but a database for the coutnry. Maybe I have found a part time job for you Caroline!

I do agree there are too many c's. That being said. Not to leave Tara out in the wind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> when they told me that I needed a C-section they did say they could try waiting a bit longer but then they said since we had not even started pushing they highly recommended against it to avoid further episode, from which Lillian may not bounce back. I considered the option of declining the CS with the thought that were they not monitoring me so closely they may not even notice these changes but then I decided CS are there to save lives and (more realistically what I was afraid of was brain damage etc) that I was not willing to chance putting Lillian in great danger for the birth plan that I had in mind. In the long run a cs while it does have its risks is a fairly safe avenue and its a small price to pay for a healthy baby. (no comments from the peanut gallery on my birth story thank you)

mom2lillian · Feb 26, 2008

I realize cs are higher than vaginal, I am just interested in any sites showing hospital to hospital comparison, like the article metnioed but a database for the coutnry. Maybe I have found a part time job for you Caroline!

I do agree there are too many c's. That being said. Not to leave Tara out in the wind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> when they told me that I needed a C-section they did say they could try waiting a bit longer but then they said since we had not even started pushing they highly recommended against it to avoid further episode, from which Lillian may not bounce back. I considered the option of declining the CS with the thought that were they not monitoring me so closely they may not even notice these changes but then I decided CS are there to save lives and (more realistically what I was afraid of was brain damage etc) that I was not willing to chance putting Lillian in great danger for the birth plan that I had in mind. In the long run a cs while it does have its risks is a fairly safe avenue and its a small price to pay for a healthy baby. (no comments from the peanut gallery on my birth story thank you)

mom2lillian · Feb 26, 2008

I realize cs are higher than vaginal, I am just interested in any sites showing hospital to hospital comparison, like the article metnioed but a database for the coutnry. Maybe I have found a part time job for you Caroline!
 
 I do agree there are too many c's. That being said. Not to leave Tara out in the wind <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> when they told me that I needed a C-section they did say they could try waiting a bit longer but then they said since we had not even started pushing they highly recommended against it to avoid further episode, from which Lillian may not bounce back. I considered the option of declining the CS with the thought that were they not monitoring me so closely they may not even notice these changes but then I decided CS are there to save lives and (more realistically what I was afraid of was brain damage etc) that I was not willing to chance putting Lillian in great danger for the birth plan that I had in mind. In the long run a cs while it does have its risks is a fairly safe avenue and its a small price to pay for a healthy baby. (no comments from the peanut gallery on my birth story thank you)

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