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post #1 of 14
6/20/07 at 12:59pm
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ABC News report on cesarean birth

It's disappointing, but not surprising. Does give an opportunity to add your own comment. I will be adding my 2 cents later.
post #2 of 14
6/20/07 at 1:07pm
so sad! what makes it worse is that they stated the average was 30% but my hospital's (were i work) c/s rate is 43%. very depressing!
post #3 of 14
6/20/07 at 1:22pm
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Originally Posted by zofranland View Post
so sad! what makes it worse is that they stated the average was 30% but my hospital's (were i work) c/s rate is 43%. very depressing!
It is sad!!! But there are so many women that I've personally talked to that feel the same way as this article. My rant yesterday came after a mother had said "Yeah, but the great thing about scheduling a cesarean is it's so much more convienant!" and "But my doctor said I had to _____"
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Wow, 43% rate is huge! I have no idea what the rate is for the hospitals around here. How do I go about finding out their rates????
post #4 of 14
6/20/07 at 1:41pm
I think I remember a site that had the stats for hospitals, but it was years ago... I'll see what I can track down. In the meantime, I be there's someone else who can jump right in.

That article didn't even raise my brow. I am sooooo not surprised. We have a hospital in town that has a 98% epidural rate and 50% cesarean rate--I have been told (by a reliable source). I want to check it out more...

arrrgh. it IS all so frustrating, though. yuk.
post #5 of 14
6/20/07 at 2:39pm
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I have no idea what the rate is for the hospitals around here. How do I go about finding out their rates????
The hospitals here won't state and neither will the OBs. But another doula here told me how she finds out. When you happen to be at that hospital for a birth, ask how many births they had last month. Then how many were C-sections? We base the hospital stats on those. Real scientific I know, but the only way to do it.

FWIW, the top 3 hospitals here have rates that are (based on our calculations) 90%, 88%, 50%. Those are the private hospitals. Of course the gov't hospitals where women can afford nothing have very low rates.
post #6 of 14
6/20/07 at 2:46pm
Barf.
post #7 of 14
6/20/07 at 7:02pm
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How do I go about finding out their rates????
Every hospital had to turn info into their state health dept! you could start there!
post #8 of 14
6/21/07 at 9:24am
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Every hospital had to turn info into their state health dept! you could start there!
Good thinking. I'll see what I can find. You know, it's one thing to tell your clients that they are probably better off at one hospital than the other... but it would really be eye opening to see real stats on the hospitals around here. I'm betting very high rates for all three, but 1 in particular. Is there a way of finding a specific dr's rates other than asking them. (You know they won't be truthful.)
post #9 of 14
6/21/07 at 8:49pm
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Is there a way of finding a specific dr's rates other than asking them. (You know they won't be truthful.)

at my particular hospital we dont keep track of the certain Dr's with the high section rates. we only keep track of vag births, sections, VBACs, failed VBACs, epidural rates and preterm deliveries. i will have you keep in mind the level of hospital. if they take a lot of high risk and preterm pts then the rates wil be higher based b/c of the types of pts and inductions for problems than smaller community hospitals!
if you know any nurses they should be able to tell you the MD's with the highest rates. i definately know the ones at mine!
post #10 of 14
6/21/07 at 10:09pm
:Puke Yuck!
post #11 of 14
6/21/07 at 11:44pm
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Wow, 43% rate is huge!
Our local hospital is around 57%..... Of course, what do you expect with a no VBAC policy, and most practices routinely inducing between 38-39 weeks.
post #12 of 14
6/22/07 at 12:11am
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Our local hospital is around 57%..... Of course, what do you expect with a no VBAC policy, and most practices routinely inducing between 38-39 weeks.
what? routinely inducing between 38 and 39 weeks? why on earth??
post #13 of 14
6/22/07 at 12:20am
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what? routinely inducing between 38 and 39 weeks? why on earth??
Personally, I don't understand it at all. But, a scheduled induction/cesarean is of course easier on the doc's schedules. : And most women agree to it, as they have been convinced their baby will get too big and their pelvis is not that roomy (this is the one we hear most often: )...other women, I think, are fine with being induced with no reason whatsoever...just because it seems so much easier. (: : )
post #14 of 14
6/22/07 at 12:38am
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And while the number of women and infants who die during childbirth is very small, studies have found that mothers and babies are more likely to die during or after a cesarean delivery. That may be, in part, due to the condition in which the mother enters the operating room, but it is a sobering statistic, nonetheless.
I doubt women are told this by their md when they consult about a vbac. Also the womens condition entering the surgical room in most cases probably has to do with the major use of Pitocin, did not see that in there.
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