06.04.06
C-sections
This blog on wired talks about a recent study on Cesarean births. The study was conducted in South America evaluation 97,095 deliveries. It states that C-sections were associated with higher rates of maternal death and secere illness. Also, the C-section babies were also more likely to die or end up in intensive care for seven days or more after birth. The study concludes that unecessary C-sections may be harmful and should be avoided.
Of course, theres always research to the contrary. I think everything natural is best, an if you dont need surgery, etc, you should avoid it. Heck, humans have been on this earth for quite a while. If natural child birth didnt work, we wouldnt even be worrying about this problem.
Of course, this isnt completely true, b/c a baby’s cranial size (and thus its fully developed size) is limited by the diameter of the birth canal. So while natural births prevent big head babies from being born, C-sections allow more big heads (da4 tou2). Watch out!
michelin said,
July 6, 2006 at 5:04 pm
i have a giant head and i came out just fine! (or so selective, existing evidence suggests).