A new report published by Caesarean Birth shows that 56% of NHS Trusts set target rates for how women give birth, and 47% set specific target
Category: Publications
Caesarean Birth Statement on New Birthrights Report
Pauline Hull, author, and editor of Caesarean Birth, says: “I welcome Birthrights’ report today, and am unsurprised that only 26% of Trusts offer maternal request
Day 7 – Maternal Choice
Choosing a caesarean birth is undoubtedly one of the most debated and controversial areas of maternity care, yet also one of the happiest and most
Day 6 – Pelvic Floor Protection
On this day of Celebrating Caesareans Week, Laura Fry, founder of the support group Mothers With 4th Degree Tears, explains: “A topic that is frequently discussed
Day 5 – Medical Advances
aesarean birth still has risks, and these risks increase with each surgery a mother has, but when we look back over human history, and even over
Day 4 – Prophylactic Planning
Sometimes, there are additional risks (that exist before or occur during pregnancy), which mean a planned caesarean birth is advised (or chosen) in order to
Day 3 – Saving Lives
One of the most common responses given by mothers when asked (in this birth survey) why they are thankful for their caesarean, is that surgery saved
Day 2 – Healing Birth
The Birth Trauma Association‘s Kim Thomas explains: “When a woman has had a traumatic experience giving birth, the thought of having to go through it again
Day 1 – Maternal Satisfaction
All the pictures and quotes below were provided by mothers who felt theirs was a positive caesarean birth experience. Yet all of these births, and
Celebrating Caesareans Week (August 13-19, 2018)
PRESS RELEASE for this first ever annual appreciation of a medical intervention that has saved the lives, and protected the quality of lives, of countless mothers and babies
Maternity Litigation Bill To Date Is Higher Than Brexit Divorce
This month, NHS Resolution published its Annual report and accounts 2017/18, which reports liabilities arising from incidents up to March 2018* are at £77 billion (up from £65 billion last year).
Caesarean Benefits Evident in Long Term Outcomes Study, though not widely reported
Dr. Amy Tuteur’s summary of a new study (Long-term risks and benefits associated with cesarean delivery for mother, baby, and subsequent pregnancies: Systematic review and meta-analysis) succinctly
Article: Let’s scrap ‘too posh to push’
An excellent article published in South Africa’s City News today, titled, Let’s Scrap ‘too posh to push‘, and written by researcher Berenice Paulse, deserves mention here. Paulse rightly makes reference to
Impaired Cognitive Development with a Caesarean?
Important update: On October 15, the study’s lead author, interviewed by ABC Babytalk, said: “In all seriousness, I think that at the end of the day,
My Letter Published in The Lancet – 7 Years after 2010 Complaint Upheld by Ombudsman
Following 7 years of complaint correspondence with numerous Ombudsman and Editors at The Lancet, my letter, together with a Lancet editorial, have been published online
