Help! My OB/GYN and Memphis Hospital are C-Section Factories with 30-40% C-Section Rates!
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Help! My OB/GYN and Memphis Hospital are C-Section Factories with 30-40% C-Section Rates!
| Fri, 01-13-2012 - 3:22am |
Help!
I'd really like to know my doctor's and my hospital's c-section rates, but I don't know where to look to find that information. Do you know of any way to look it up?
As for your situation, is it still possible to change doctors and/or hospitals? Are there any birthing centers that are covered by your insurance, or nurse-midwives?
Thanks so much.
I'm looking into the doulas and appreciate the advice.
I didn't even know there was a labor and delivery board.
I am a Labor and Delivery RN. I also work in a hospital with a high C-section rate. I think one of the reasons that c-section rates are high is because the more people have c-sections the more they will have a repeat c-section. As a nurse in the field the last thing I want is to take my patient to the operating room. I advocate strongly for a vaginal birth. Educate youself well, pick an OB that has a good reputation. You can learn a lot from word of mouth. I work with about 60 different OBs and believe me, some do not hesitate to call a c-section and others do whatever it takes to have a vaginal birth. My advice, don't get induced unless there is a medical indication. Early inductions with cervix's that are not ready increases you chance for a c-section incredibly. Don't go to the hospital until you are in active labor. Stay home until you can't walk or talk through a contraction. Don't get an epidural until you cervix is 80-100 effaced and 3-4 cm, with a fetus no higher than a 0--1 station.
Good luck, and read and educate yourself!!
Kathy L&D RN