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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1. To avoid this, read and prepare yourself on how to avoid pelvic floor damage. Be ready to advocate for yourself.

Statistics of models with fewer medical interventions have a completely different distribution of pelvic floor damage, so this is not something normal that comes with vaginal birth that we just have to accept. See for one the statistics of Ina May Gaskin’s center, there are similar statistics available for birth centers in the UK and Australia.[/quote]

c sections reduce pelvic floor damage. [/quote]

Not really, no.  Wouldn't it be nice if it did?[/quote]

Yes, it does. Which isn’t to say you won’t develop a pelvic floor disorder since pregnancy causes damage, too. But c sections have some degree of protectiveness.

“Vaginal childbirth is associated with increased incidence of SUI and pelvic organ prolapse. The association of other pelvic floor disorders with vaginal birth is less well established; however, operative vaginal delivery is associated with overactive bladder symptoms.“

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681820/[/quote]

I read the study,[b] it doesn’t say that pelvic floor damage HAS to happen with any vaginal birth, [/b]in fact it says it is more likely in “operative vaginal birth” which are those assisted by vacuum or forceps. Precisely it could be caused by current practices in the OB-led model of care, which could be one of the modifiable risk factors that need to be addressed.

“Pelvic floor disorders represent a significant health problem affecting women of all ages. Identification of potential modifiable risk factors and advancement in understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is crucial for primary and secondary prevention of these disorders and for improvement in treatment strategies.”[/quote]

Literally no one on this thread has said that.  You're arguing against a strawman.[/quote]

What is your point, because it’s really not quite clear? But I will take statistics from a physician who is the head of the pelvic floor disorders center at Johns Hopkins University and are peer reviewed and published in academic medical journals over a homebirth midwife with zero degrees or medical training’s self-reported statistics. And don’t get me started on Ina May’s overt racism or her theft of midwifery practices from indigenous women in South America which she then named after herself.

“Compared with women who had a cesarean birth before active labor, women who had a vaginal birth (but no operative vaginal births) had almost a threefold increased risk of stress incontinence and symptomatic prolapse. The odds ratio for prolapse was increased more than fivefold.

Women who had undergone operative vaginal birth fared even worse. The adjusted odds of stress incontinence and overactive bladder were more than quadrupled. There was almost an eightfold increased risk of prolapse upon exam.

In her report, Dr. Handa noted that in addition to demonstrating the dramatic increase in pelvic floor disorders in women with a history of at least one operative vaginal birth, the results showed an increase in urinary incontinence after operative delivery – a finding that had not been definitively documented before. For those who had undergone cesarean delivery, the results showed no association between active labor and pelvic floor disorders.”

https://www.mdedge.com/obgyn/article/52351/obstetrics/pelvic-floor-disorders-higher-after-vaginal-delivery-vs-c-section[/quote]

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