Childbirth. Despite having what a shop assistant once described as “splendid childbearing hips,” I don’t know much about it. Even with my lack of maternal knowledge, there were a few things I took as fact. –It takes about nine months to grow a baby. –There is a lot of kicking from within the bump. –There’s ...
If you’re a young woman, you probably dread hearing people talk about your body as if it was a ticking time bomb. Alas, a recent report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information is telling us that women are procrastinating when it comes to getting knocked up, and they’re facing dire consequences as a result. ...
Halina Jane Gillett has Erb’s Palsy. This disease, also known as Erb-Duchenne Palsy, is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves, and often manifests itself after a difficult birth. Gillett was pulled out of the womb by a forceps, even though her mother asked for ...
Pregnancy-related deaths have increased substantially in the past decade and caesareans are often involved, a recent study suggests. While the rise in maternal mortality can also be attributed to factors such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and low socio-economic background, the increase in c-section deaths is particularly alarming. A World Health Organization study conducted in 2010 ...
Doctors in Sweden have developed a test that can predict which women will need a cesarean section and which won’t.
The World Health Organization has withdrawn its recommendation that no more than 10 to 15 per cent of babies be born by Caesarean section. Is this a silent acknowledgment that c-sections are a legitimate alternative to a natural birth? I certainly hope not. The number of Caesarean sections in the world is climbing, and in ...
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