Abdominal Binding and Massage: healing secrets for Cesarean birth recovery
"Roll to your side and get out of bed." Dreaded words to hear for the C-Section mom or abdominal surgery… [more]
C Section Pain And Adhesions
C-section pain is commonly caused by adhesion formation that occurs after the surgery. Adhesions form… [more]
Create a C-Section Birth Plan
With the continuing rise in c-section births, moves are beginning to empower women having one, much as… [more]
12 Ways to Avoid Unnecessary C-Section
1. Educate yourself The most effective way to empower yourself to make informed decisions about birth,… [more]
Latest C-Section Birth Posts
C-Section Recovery – Scar Care & Healing
Most c-sections are now done with a horizontal incision which is only around 6 inches long and about 1/8 inch wide. It is made just above the pubic hairline and cuts through skin, body fat, fascia, peritoneum and uterus. In closing the wound the uterus is sewn with absorbable stitches as is the fascia except [...]
Recovering From a C-Section – Emotional Care
We focus a lot on the physical aspects of recovering from a c-section, this article will take a look at the emotional aspects of c-section recovery. It is not unusual for some women to feel emotional distress after a caesarean section, whether they had intended or needed to have a cesarean delivery or because their [...]
C-Section Recovery – Warning Signs
Your c-section recovery and healing is going to continue for some months after surgery. During this time you should keep an eye out for indications of possible infection and other potential problems. These are warning signs that you may be suffering from post-operative infection or are not healing well, and you should call your doctor [...]
Latest C-Section Birth Posts
Doulas Reduce Cesareans!
Having dedicated support during labor reduces cesareans, vacuum extraction, use of forceps and even pain medications according to a review published in the current issue of The Cochrane Library. The study was done with 15,061 women participating in 21 randomized controlled trials and found not only the results above also reduced likelihood of a baby [...]
Create a C-Section Birth Plan
With the continuing rise in c-section births, moves are beginning to empower women having one, much as the ‘natural’ birth movement has done for vaginal birth. We wrote recently about the innovations being practiced by Dr Fisk In England. Common for many planning vaginal birth is the expectant mom creating a birth plan. This is [...]
Moves to Stop Elective Birth And C-section Before 39 Weeks
The Leapfrog Group, a hospital quality watchdog has found that thousands of elective c-section babies are born prematurely. This results in a greater chance of death, being admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and various life-long health problems. Leapfrog claims it is the first national organization to make this information public by hospital. It’s [...]
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12 Ways to Avoid Unnecessary C-Section
1. Educate yourself The most effective way to empower yourself to make informed decisions about birth, is knowledge. When you understand the terminology of medical birth and the pro’s and con’s of procedures and interventions, you are much less likely to be bamboozled or pressured into something for no good medical reason. The fact that [...]
The Health Risks of Early Elective And C-section Births
Recent years have seen a dramatically increasing number of women giving birth early.Experts are now saying that these early births pose new health risks to both mothers and newborns. So significant is this increase that the average time of fetus gestation has been reduced by seven days in the United States since 1992, according to [...]
What is Active Birth?
When we think of a woman giving birth we generally imagine her lying down. While this may be the common experience of most women today but, in years gone by, women would generally give birth at home in a squatting position. It’s only in relatively recently times that labor has become located in a hospital [...]
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