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With so many women following a fine tuned schedule of juggling family, work, and recreation, it’s not surprising to see the rise in planned caesarean births. This choice may be convenient for mom, dad, and doctor, but what about the bab?
Yes, a natural birth is stressful for the baby, but studies show it is healthy for the baby. A little over 5% of planned vaginal delivered babies will be transferred to the neonatal ICU with nearly 10% of planned caesarean delivered babies born ending up there. Lung complications also increase with the planned caesarean delivered babies.
Babies have fewer risks with planned vaginal deliveries.
Tags: Birth, caesarean delivery, neonatal ICU, vaginal delivery
As of December 6, 2006, John Hopkins began offering a Master of Science in Nurse Midwifery program. Not only does a nurse midwife do the obvious-deliver babies, a nurse midwife can also provide well woman care.
Nearly 25 years ago I had the first of 5 home births. I liked that my nurse midwife could prescribe medication and accompany me to a hospital if necessary. Back then nurse midwives were pretty uncommon and didn’t even have a listing in the phone book! Midwifery has been around for a long time and it looks like they just got a firm foot in the future.
Tags: education, homebirth, John Hopkins, Midwives
I was so sick of eating right at the end of my pregnancy I sat down with a Coke and a big bag of M & M’s. The baby was born very early the next morning and had a caffeine buzz! He was up most of the first day (my other two slept almost solid the first day). Not only does caffeine get past placenta filters, it will interfere with calcium absorption. If mom is deficient in calcium, it will be pulled from her body (bones and teeth), so the baby will not do without (yes, it is that essential). So if mom isn’t absorbing enough calcium she will pay the price first.