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There are many reasons you may want to opt for a caesarean section.
Discontinuing expanded health-care funding will result in less prenatal care for uninsured patients, more health risks, higher costs to the health system, and moral distress for health-care providers.
Pregnancy changes the structure and function of virtually every organ system of the body. That includes some big changes to the gut.
While sepsis is considered to be a preventable cause of maternal death, it continues to be a major cause of women dying during or after childbirth, even in Australia.
We looked at almost 300,000 births and found those mothers in the private system were more likely to have a caesarean – even if they didn’t really want or need one.
Women deserve to know all the risks and be supported in their birth choices.
Many pregnant women who request planned caesarean deliveries are simply told no, despite guidelines advising doctors who disagree to offer referral or transfer care.
Tokophobia goes beyond normal childbirth concerns and worries and becomes an intense and irrational fear of pregnancy and/or labour.
Our study joins a growing body of evidence that suggests caesarean sections may have more consequences than previously thought.
The decline in US birth weight is somewhat of a puzzle for public health researchers.
Compared to women who give birth in a birth centre, those who give birth in hospitals are much more likely to have interventions – from epidurals, to labour augmentation and caesarean deliveries.
Childbirth used to be a terrifying ordeal. But women were surrounded by others – mothers, aunts, sisters – who brought love and experience. But midway through the 19th century, this changed.
A new study has found a link between being born by caesarean section and having a greater chance of being diagnosed with autism or ADHD. But there’s no evidence caesarean sections cause them.
Evidence suggests that microbes play a vital role in health. But what microbes we get depends whether we were born in a hospital versus at home. That could impact our health decades later.
Professional bodies say that vaginal births after caesareans are safe and usually successful. So why do doctors often recommend that women go back under the knife?
A professor of midwifery education reviews the research evaluating the safety of home versus hospital births.
Research shows that women in Africa are more likely to die as a result of complications related to C-sections.
New study finds that giving birth through an emergency caesarean increases the risk of developing postnatal depression in the first nine months after childbirth by about 15%.
A Lancet series shows that C-sections are performed for non-medical reasons in private health while poor women who need the surgery don’t have access.
Top contributors
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow University of Notre Dame Australia; Adjunct Fellow (National Institute of Complementary Medicine), Western Sydney University, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Co-Program Director: Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Medical Anthropology PhD candidate, The University of Edinburgh
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Associate Professor in Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Reproductive Health Research, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Alison Macfarlane is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Perinatal Health, City, University of London
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President of the Royal College of Midwives
