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Hi OP, I started a thread about c-sections and why have the rates gone up. It doesn't answer your specific question about these docs, however it does answer some of the questions you may have about why rates may be higher. Good luck OP!
OP here, thanks for the stories. My concern is based on how much c-sections have risen in %.
I feel that in many cases as most of you posted it was medically necessary. I fear though that it is not always the case. There seems to be more pressure on doctors to perform them when a vaginal birth is still safe and possible but not moving along fast enough. I don't have dreams of how the baby will come out, at the end of the day I just want the baby and I to be healthy. That said if I don't have to have major surgery that is my preference. I don't think one type of birth is less "worthy" than another but I would prefer to keep my body from being cut open for my own sake if possible.
I am glad we do have the modern medicine to save all those women and children who need it!
I feel that in many cases as most of you posted it was medically necessary. I fear though that it is not always the case. There seems to be more pressure on doctors to perform them when a vaginal birth is still safe and possible but not moving along fast enough. I don't have dreams of how the baby will come out, at the end of the day I just want the baby and I to be healthy. That said if I don't have to have major surgery that is my preference. I don't think one type of birth is less "worthy" than another but I would prefer to keep my body from being cut open for my own sake if possible.
I am glad we do have the modern medicine to save all those women and children who need it!
I know there are a few groups in DC and one group that delivers in Fair Oaks (Fairfax OBGYN associates) but the reviews are bad, I haven't found any midwives that deliver in Fairfax hospital (as a just in case things go wrong I like the idea of having a medical facility right there). Any ideas?
Anonymous wrote:I am an OB and so was my father so we often talk about how c sections are commonplace now a days. A few factors. 1.) practitioners (myself included) are not trained to do breech deliveries and are discouraged to do so even if they are trained. In my dads day a breech baby wasn't an automatic c section at all and now it basically is. 2.) hospitals get nervous when woman labors past 24 hours. If you really want to reduce your chance for a c section you should come to the hospital around 6 cm. now obviously there is no way to know when you are six cm but laboring at home if you are low risk and comfortable is ideal. Even laboring for 5 hours at home before you come in can greatly reduce your likelyhood for a section. 3.) doctors do more c sections so they get better at it, feel comfortable with it, and recommend it more. Hope this helps!
This is very interesting to hear. So in your and your father's opinion, is the increase of c-sections a good or a bad thing? I find all the reasons given to not be particularly encouraging for increasing this practice. Especially number 3!