Avoiding Cesarean Birth
If our birth culture was based on wisdom and intelligent foresight we might expect the following to occur:
1. Herbs and acupuncture would be used instead of drugs for pain relief and pain blocking to prevent the “side effect” of groggy, anesthetized newborns with their higher risks of complications.
2. Special foods would be eaten during preconception and pregnancy to help ease the birth process and strengthen the mother and baby for birth. Deleterious foods would be avoided.
3. The mother would perform the special
exercises as discussed earlier in this
chapter, and receive massage and chiropractic
adjustments to release tight
ligaments, along with other activities
that help the baby enter the ideal birthing
position.
4. The mother would be highly encouraged to keep active and to exercise daily.
5. In nearly every case, labor would patiently and lovingly be allowed to progress before surgery was considered. The mother would feel free to yell, scream, and walk around during labor. There would be no planned cesareans for twins, breech presentation, and so forth.
6. Labor attendants would be trained in every natural positioning technique to help with labor difficulties.
7. Growing girls would be given special foods to ensure their bodies develop properly to make birth easier later.
Prevalance of Cesarean Births
Cesarean deliveries have saved the lives of
many mothers and babies. The medical procedure
itself, which I believe could be vastly improved,
has an aspect of good in it. It can prevent
an outcome that might otherwise result in
death for the mother and/or the baby.
In the U.S. in 1970, the average percentage
of births resulting in cesarean sections was
5.5%; in 2004, the average percentage was
29.1%.424 Do you see a problem with this figure?
I sure do.
When is Cesarean (usually) Really Necessary?
Here are a few examples of when a cesarean
is likely necessary. If the baby is in a sideways
position, or if the head gets stuck and labor
positioning strategies cannot correct it a
cesarean may be the only option. Placenta previa,
in which the placenta blocks access to the
birth canal, and rupture of the uterus and
cephalopelvic disproportion (not very common),
when the baby’s head absolutely won’t fit
through the pelvic brim, as well as a few other
cases may call for a cesarean to be performed.
Countless Uncessary Cesarean's Performed
According to a scientific study published in
Social Science & Medicine, at least half of cesareans
are performed unnecessarily, because
medically verifiable conditions requiring a surgery
were not present at the time. The medical
industry profits from these needless surgeries
to the tune of approximately
$1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars) per year.
As of 2008, there are approximately 1,300,000
cesareans performed yearly in the U.S., and
thus 650,000 cesareans are performed unnecessarily
per year. Based on the comparison of
2004 and 1970 cesarean rates, let’s assume for
now that 5.5% is a reasonable rate for cesareans.
The actual figure, then, of unnecessary
cesareans is more likely to be over 944,000 per
year. Here we can clearly see an anesthetized
form of violence against women and their children.
Birth physicians just can’t seem to keep
their surgical knives away from the womb.
Cesarean and Lack of Progress
About 294,000 cesareans are performed
yearly due to lack of progress during labor, and
an estimated 24% or 70,560 of those are done
for the wrong reasons — for example, because
the woman’s cervix was not even given a
chance to dilate (open). The real diagnosis of
lack of progress, according to the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is
that “women be in the active phase of labor and
show no change in cervical dilatation or descent
of the fetal presenting part for at least 2
hours."
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