Many pregnant women who request planned caesarean deliveries are simply told no, despite guidelines advising doctors who disagree to offer referral or transfer care.
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A recent study of the newborn microbiome revealed that babies delivered via C-section were missing friendly bacteria and had picked up harmful microbes usually found in hospital environments.
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.
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%.
If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula.
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Bennett Chair of Autism, Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Midwifery, Yale University
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Postdoctoral Fellow Global Health, University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), Makerere University
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Research Associate in the Department of Economics, University of York
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Professor and Second Chair at Groote Schuur Hospital , University of Cape Town
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Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Graduate student, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
