New Birth Research

From the Childbirth Connection (formerly Maternity Care Association):

Know your facts when you discuss maternity care in the US. We have compiled a brief, new resource document called “United States Maternity Care Facts and Figures.” It details current statistics including the number of births, proportion of hospital care that is devoted to the care of pregnant women and babies, maternity outcomes such as preterm birth and low birthweight rates, as well as statistics about paying for maternity care. Sadly, many of the numbers are sobering. The 2007 cesarean rate of 31.8% marked the 11th consecutive year of increase and a record-level national rate. The rate of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) within childbirth related hospitalizations was 9.7% in 2006, a decline of 73% from 1997, when the VBAC rate was 35.3%. Learn more in United States Maternity Care Facts and Figures – December 2009.

 

 

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Shorter Labors, Fewer Cuts, Less Cost, More Milk and Happier Mamas!   Want the rest of the story? Click "Read more"...
You and your baby deserve to have a midwife for your prenatal care, labor support and postpartum care. The Midwives Model of Care is a fundamentally different approach that includes safe, health-promoting and effective "natural" maternity care that avoids harmful and unnecessary drugs and interventions. Midwives believe in allowing women to make informed decisions regarding their pregnancies. Midwives are trained to view childbirth as a natural process and not as a medical problem.

With a midwife:
1. Women have shorter labors. According to the World Health Organization women who give birth with a midwife often have shorter labors.

2. Women:
       ~       Have fewer Cesarean sections,
       ~       Receive less anesthesia [meaning women request drugs, or are given drugs, to reduce pain less often],
       ~       Have a much lower rate of episiotomy

As a result, low-risk patients who choose nurse midwives for their obstetrical care experience fewer complications. This is safer for both mother and baby.


3. Birth is less expensive. Because midwives use fewer interventions, women incur less expense, compared to similar women who choose physicians for their care.

4. Women are more successful breastfeeding past the first six weeks. One major focus of midwives is to provide the mother with individualized education, counseling and postpartum support.

5. Mothers are satisfied with their maternity care and their birth experiences. Only 1.7% of the mothers who experienced midwife-attended homebirths said they would choose a different type of caregiver for a future pregnancy.

Resources:
www.who.int/child-adolescent -health/
The National Center for Health Statistics www.cfmidwifery.org/pdf /CPM2000.pdf
www.pregnancy-info.net/midwive s.html

~ Liza Janda, AAHCC, RYT
 www.yogajanda.com

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