Andrea Q
On Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 12:33 AM, Susan Cudlipp wrote:
Dear List
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I don't quite know what to make of this but at work today one of the obstetricians told me that he had heard of a proposed (?) double blind study into 'natural' vs Caesarean birth in healthy, low risk primips to be carried out in the USA.
Which means basically that healthy, low-risk women who agree to this trial will be assigned to either elective C/S or elective vaginal birth, and the outcomes will be assessed to see if the babies born by C/S have 'better' outcomes!
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Anyone want to place bets on what this 'study' will 'prove'?
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Have to say that the obstetrician was not in favour of it.� The potential repercussions are quite horrifying - same as the 'study' into breech births a few years back - how long before all birth becomes a surgical event we wonder.
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Anyone know more about this?
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Yours in disbelief
Susan Cudlipp
