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News items on 'Caesarean Section'
Emergency c-sections predominate
(BBC 27/10/2009)
Emergency Caesarean rates continue to outstrip planned operations, official NHS statistics for England show. The country's overall Caesarean rate has remained static at nearly a quarter of all births, but there are significant regional variations. Babies at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust are twice as likely to be born by Caesarean as those in Nottingham. But the mantra of "too posh to push" does not reflect the many Caesareans carried out amid labour complications.
Number of Caesareans has trebled in 30 years
(The Scotsman 30/09/2009)
THE number of babies born by Caesarean section in Scotland has trebled in just over 30 years. The latest statistics show that just over one in ten women giving birth had a planned Caesarean, while doctors carried out an emergency section in 15.2 per cent of births. Just over a quarter of live births were carried out by Caesarean section. In the main there were clinical reasons, such as breech birth, for carrying out the procedure, but 10.7 per cent of women opted for an elective section.
Payout over nurse Caesarean death
(BBC 24/09/2009)
Joanne Lockham, 45, died at Stoke Mandeville Hospital at Aylesbury in October 2007 during the birth of her first child. She was given a general anaesthetic when the baby's heart rate dropped. The oxygen supply to Mrs Lockham, of Wendover, was not put into her windpipe and she suffered cardiac arrest. She was deprived of oxygen for half an hour and her heart stopped just one minute after her baby son Finn was safely delivered.
Complication risk for older mums
(BBC 16/09/2009)
UK scientists have produced further evidence to suggest delaying becoming a mother may be risky. They found women who start their periods early were more likely to require medical assistance such as forceps, or a Caesarean section. The effect was neutralised if these women had their first baby at an early age - but not for older mothers. The University of Cambridge study features in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Caesareans rationed: Women denied procedure on safety grounds - and because it's too dear
(Daily Mail 15/02/2009)
Hospitals have started to ration caesarean sections for safety and financial reasons, it emerged yesterday. Women will be barred from choosing the procedure, which costs twice as much as a normal birth, unless they have a specific medical condition.
The Big Question: Is there an optimum time for a woman to go back to work after giving birth?
(The Independent 09/01/2009)
Rachida Dati, France's glamorous justice minister, defied convention this week by returning to her office just five days after giving birth by caesarean section to her first child, a daughter called Zorah, last Friday. Ms Dati, a Muslim, who is 43 and single, was pictured perfectly coiffured wearing heels, a black jacket with leopard print lining over a pleated skirt revealing her trim figure.
Baby weighing 14 pounds born in US
(Telegraph 29/12/2008)
Doctors said Richard Walker Sault at 14lbs 2oz, born 2 days before Christmas, was one of the biggest babies they'd ever seen. Richard was delivered by caesarean section, but he was so large that it took two doctors to lift him out of his mother's womb. "...Now we have this little guy," the baby's father Richard Sault told the OC Register. "Guess he's not so little."
Women lacking vitamin D are more likely to need a Caesarean, says report
(Daily Mail 24/12/2008)
253 women were enrolled in the latest study, of whom 43 (17%) had a Caesarean section. Some 28% of women with low levels of vitamin D had to have a surgical delivery, compared with 14% of women with high levels, according to the study published online in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. More research required.
Measures for baby death unit
(BBC 19/12/2008)
Problems at a maternity unit where a newborn baby died because an emergency caesarean was delayed have been revealed in a new report. The Healthcare Commission said more midwives, beds and stronger leadership were needed at Milton Keynes General Hospital in Buckinghamshire. Staff are under so much pressure they have no time to complete training or improve patient care.
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