Thoughts about this??

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Thoughts about this??
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Tue, 03-27-2007 - 11:53am

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Registered: 03-15-2007
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 5:40pm
Since sarcasm deeply offends me, I respectfully request that the "eyeroll" emoticon be removed from the list. The sole point of an eyeroll is to emote sarcasm.
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Registered: 07-26-2006
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 5:54pm
In my case it was safer for our son to be born via c section. Upon examination my OB GYN knew without a doubt our son would NOT fit through my pelvis. So at 36 weeks my OB GYN decided that my it would be safer to go ahead and deliver our son due to his large size. He was born on the first day of my 26th week at 9.3lbs. He had a very large head (runs in DH family) and without a doubt would have no made it through my pelvis. So in our case it was safer for him and probably for me.
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 8:19pm

different strokes...different kids....all THREE of my kids in their own crib/bassinet in their own rooms - not a single issue whatsoever. In fact, all of the kids that we know, friends' kids, nieces -- NONE of them ever had a problem sleeping in their "cold hard world" (i need an eyeroll here, LOL!). All of them seemed to enjoy their cozy cribs in their very own rooms.

Carole

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 8:44pm

Umm...no it's not. Scheduled c-section can result in 16x more chance of death (to the fetus or the mother) can result in more respiratory distress and like it or not, we are SUPPOSED to be colonized with our mom's own germs when we are born. It is actually GOOD for us. Gosh, how do you think we survived for thousands of years without c-sections being commonplace. Wow.

http://shallowthgts.blogspot.com/2007/02/c-section-vs-vaginal-birth.html

"Infant and neonatal mortality rate among babies delivered via voluntary c-section were 1.77 per 1,000. In contrast, the mortality rate for babies delivered vaginally was .62 per 1,000. A look into the causes to these starkly different figures may be linked to a number of different factors. One cause which researchers have cited is that vaginal labor and delivery releases a hormone which promotes greater and healthier lung functioning. C-sections on the other hand do not release this hormone. Researchers also stress that the force on the infant during vaginal birth pushes fluid from the lungs and prepares the young child to breathe on their own, another thing c-sections are unable to accomplish. Other causes are associated with possible cuts to the infant during the c-section procedure and delayed time before breast feeding can occur."

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=1781971&page=1

"with every C-section the risk of scar tissue causing problems in future deliveries increases."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=941008&dopt=Abstract

"The object of this study was to determine the sources from which the newborn infant derives his bacterial flora during the first 5 days after birth. Detailed bacteriological data was obtained from 193 mothers antenatally and during labour, and from their infants on the day of birth and on Day 5. Organisms were typed by appropriate methods and the 193 mother-baby pairs declared to be a 'match' or a 'non-match' according as to whether or not identical bacteria were isolated from both members of the pair. Weekly swabs from hands and noses of staff were taken throughout the 12 months of the study. Swabs were also taken from the environment and air samples from different areas in the hospital. In approximately one third of infants the colonizing bacteria are derived from their mothers, in over 70 per cent of instances from the mother's rectum. The mother's birth canal is not a common source of bacteria and there is no direct relationship with the noses or hands of staff. Artificial feeds are not a source of the colonizing bacteria. The overall distribution of the bacterial species in the infants differed from that found in the hospital environment but this does, none the less, constitute a reservoir of bacteria which is being continually replenished from human sources. Pathogens such as Staph, aureus and Strep. pyogenes are no longer commonly found in newborn infants in the modern maternity hospital, but the need for continual vigilance and an efficient bacteriological service in all maternity units has been in no way diminished."

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15582520

"The gastrointestinal tract of a healthy fetus is sterile. During the birth process and rapidly thereafter, microbes from the mother and the surrounding environment colonize the gastrointestinal tract until a dense, complex microflora develops."

I will find more, but I have to go now.

Fio

Edited 4/19/2007 10:43 pm ET by macbump




Edited 4/19/2007 10:48 pm ET by macbump
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-19-2007 - 8:47pm

Too true. All it takes is a minute or two with a young precocious guy. ;-) LOL.

Fio

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Registered: 08-27-2005
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 7:10am

I believe the link provided by Suzymom gave rather more information than just "more than previously thought". It is a research article in which the authors analyzed the birth and death data from 1998-2001 (about 6 million births and 12,000 deaths, if I recall correctly). The findings were that neonatal death rates were higher among infants delivered by c-section than infants delivered vaginally, regardless of medical or demographic factors.

This is what I've always heard about c-sections and risks as well. I've never actually heard before that c-sections are safer for babies than vaginal delivery (barring, of course, medical necessity), but if you have any links to recent research that can back up this claim, I would be very interested!

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Registered: 11-18-2005
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 9:28am

I agree. Sucking is a biological need that children have. One of the first asessments on a newborn in the hospital is to check for the sucking reflex.

I think as a baby gets older the need varies but every single baby/toddler has a natural need to suck.

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Registered: 11-18-2005
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 9:30am

Id id the same with both my girls sucking their thumbs. They hated pacifiers but loved to suck their thumbs. My 6 y.o. still does it at night or when she is overly shy. it comforts her when she is getting too shy and scared. I am not forcing her to give it up.

My oldest stoppped the day she started kindergarten.

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Registered: 09-04-1997
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 10:41am
Yes, and while we're at it, do we really need the thumbs down post? It hurts my feelings sometimes.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 10:55am

Plus, your son CAN get it done once he is an adult if he really does still want it done...lots of adults do get it done.

Fio

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