What is a C-section? - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National . . . A cesarean delivery, also called a C-section or cesarean birth, is the surgical delivery of a baby through a surgical cut or incision in a woman's abdomen and uterus After the baby is removed from the womb, the uterus and abdomen are closed with stitches that later dissolve 1 According to the U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2015, 32% of births were by cesarean delivery
NIH Convenes Conference on Vaginal Birth After Cesarean For decades, doctors thought that a woman who had given birth by cesarean section would have to deliver future babies by another cesarean, which requires an incision in her abdominal wall and uterus Then in 1980, an NIH Consensus Development Conference panel questioned the necessity of routine repeat cesarean deliveries based on the available
What are some common complications during labor and delivery? In certain instances, such as when test results show a larger problem, delivery might have to happen right away In this situation, the woman is more likely to need an emergency cesarean delivery, or the health care provider may need to do an episiotomy to widen the vaginal opening for delivery 6; Water breaking early
Azithromycin pretreatment lowers infection rate after C-section, NIH . . . Treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin before an unplanned cesarean delivery reduces the post-operation infection rate by about 50 percent, compared to the standard treatment, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health Results of the study appear in the September 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine
Risks From Labor After Prior Cesarean Delivery Low, Study Reports The risks from vaginal delivery after a prior Cesarean delivery are low, but are slightly higher than for a repeat Cesarean delivery This finding is from the largest, most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted, undertaken by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health
Labor and Delivery - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute . . . Cesarean delivery could help prevent transmission of the virus to the infant The mother has a specific medical condition A cesarean delivery enables the health care provider to better manage the mother's health issues Women who have a cesarean delivery may be given pain medication with an epidural block, a spinal block, or general anesthesia
Release: Induced labor at 39 weeks may reduce likelihood of C . . . - NICHD The primary outcome occurred in 4 3 percent of the induced labor group and 5 4 percent of the expectant management group, a difference that was not statistically significant However, the proportion of cesarean delivery was significantly lower for the induced group (18 6 percent), compared to the other group (22 2 percent)
C-Sections Before Labor Rupture of Membranes Reduce the Risk of . . . The largest, most comprehensive analysis of its kind has found pregnant women infected with HIV can reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to their infants by about 50 percent if they deliver by elective cesarean section--before they have gone into labor and before their membranes have ruptured, according to a study led by a researcher at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Science Update: Emergency cesarean delivery may increase child . . . - NICHD Birth by emergency cesarean delivery is associated with a higher risk for wheezing (a possible indication of asthma) and food allergy, suggests an analysis funded by the NICHD Children who were breast fed after cesarean delivery did not have an indication of higher asthma risk but did have an elevated risk for food allergy