Word: childbirth
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...Because cesarean delivery is associated with higher maternal mortality and other health issues, these figures are alarming to some medical practitioners and natural-childbirth advocates, who label the Asian trend an epidemic. Their concern has been exacerbated by statistics recently released in the U.S., showing an increase in the cesarean rate - now at 31% of all births, up 50% from 10 years ago - coinciding with a rise in maternal mortality (although the nature of the correlation is not clear-cut and is debated by some experts). For every 100,000 births in the U.S. in 2003, 12.1 women died...
...Utter the phrase "natural childbirth" and the mind envisages a stoic and earnest woman, surrounded by murmuring midwives in a softly lit room, where ambient music plays and tea lights flicker. Upon the elapse of some decent, manageable labor, she pushes out her baby with honest grunts. While that may be true for some, for most women natural childbirth is one of the most violent physical traumas they will ever experience, bar a serious accident or grievous assault. The average length of labor for a first-time mother is anything from seven to 12 hours, but it can easily...
...days following a C-section, a woman will be at an elevated risk of potentially fatal blood clots or infections. This is common to all major surgery, but means that more women die as a result of cesarean section than in natural childbirth. The U.S. figure of 12.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 2003 becomes 36 if only cesareans are considered - and the difference, according to Obstetrics and Gynecology, is "attributable to the surgery itself, not any complications that might have led to the need for surgery...
...have problems conceiving again, compared to women who gave birth naturally. The former will also experience increased risks of ectopic pregnancy and placenta previa or accreta (an abnormally located placenta, which may cause bleeding and other complications). And because many doctors will not permit a woman to undergo natural childbirth once she has had a cesarean - because the uterine scar may rupture during labor with potentially dire consequences - it is likely that her subsequent children will also be surgically delivered, multiplying all of these risk factors each time. "If there is no medical reason to have a C-section...
...convinced. Katherine Y. Tan ’10 said that the discussion group should not “exoticize the issue” by attributing it solely to cultural practices. Other discussion members cited health problems related to the practice of female circumcision. It can lead to problems with childbirth and menstruation, several said, and when performed without proper hygiene, female circumcision can cause infection and even death. Despite differing opinions, attendees seemed to reach a preliminary consensus: agree to disagree. “We all have different perspectives of what womanhood is, and we have to recognize that...