The New York Times reports on an analysis of health issues in children according to their mode of delivery. The study compares health problems in the offspring of 321,287 1st-time mothers in Scotland. Compared with vaginal birth, planned cesarean resulted in more...
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Updated ACOG Practice Bulletin Recommends Vaginal Instrumental Delivery to Avoid Cesarean
As is usual, the American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists hasn't made its guidelines publically available. A Medscape article, however, states that the Bulletin affirms the value of instrumental vaginal delivery in safely avoiding cesarean surgery and...