Comments on: As rate of C-sections rises, so do known risks

By: klima deodorant

klima deodorant — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:59:06 +0000

I don't think we really know the post section infection rates as women don't usually get admitted for such infections and the infection just compounds your recovery rate.

By: dee

dee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:47:04 +0000

i Agree i had to have a crash section where i suffered internall bleeding incorrect stitched scar, my babys heartbeat stopped i had no choice i still have medicl problems and depression two years later a c section isnt an easy way out as your wife would agree .ending up in intensive care unable to care for a baby isnt what any mum wants i found my previous vaginal births easier and less painfull.

By: Cami

Cami — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:02:15 +0000

Woo boy – that is more than a bit harsh!

How many of us would not be here today if it were not for antibiotics? Do we say that people should be left to die from infeciton (or polio, or smallpox or any other number of natural “population thinners”) so that the “fittest” may survive? Um, no.

So why would you suggest that women be left to die in childbirth?? Is this perhaps just a wee bit Misogynist on your part??

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:22:14 +0000

Evolution (and/or Mother Nature and/or God, take your pick) did not intend for the surgical removal of the next generation. But at the same time, evolution was indifferent to the levels of infant and maternal mortality when labour & vaginal delivery go horribly wrong. No, that’s not quite right: evolution requires the non-survival of the least fit.

So a life-saving procedure “evolves” into an elective option for those too posh to push, and go figure, there are unpleasant consequences.

By: lyn

lyn — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:13:19 +0000

i had a cesection and an infection when i got home, doctor put me on antibiotics, i dont think we really know the post csection infection rates as women dont usually get admitted for such infections and the infection just compounds your recovery rate; the csection rates are much too high, they were suppose to go down and they continued to rise!

By: Austin So

Austin So — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:16:29 +0000

My wife had a C-section for our first (after 72 hours of labour…not nice), and she had an infection and internal bleeding well-after the 2 week window. We had to go to the hospital 3 times to convince them there was something wrong (after drawing a pen line around a growing hematoma). They had to reopen the incision and let it heal slowly over the next week.

When we had our second, we found out that the incision had not healed properly and if she had gone to term (2-week early scheduling), her uterus would have ruptured.

It takes at least 2 months to fully recover from a C-section IMHO. If a C-section is not necessary, believe you me the risks far outweigh any perceived convenience…

FWIW

Austin

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:17:57 +0000

Another reminder that the obesity epidemic is influencing every area of Canadian life – from chronic disease risk to how we have our babies to the size of air ambulances.