Posted by admin on January 27, 2009

Elective Cesarean

When should a woman’s choice trump her Dr.’s or midwife’s? This question came up during the show with Dr. Moore as we talked about elective c-sections. Seems this topic has been in the news lately with a widely publicized study concluding that women should not have elective c-sections before week 39. Dr. Moore talked about the elective aspect of this being a gray sort of area, from “too posh to push” to medical reasons causing a vaginal delivery to lead to an unplanned, though requested at the time, c-section, and everything in between. Dr. Moore supported the study findings and shared specific reasons why babies and moms are better off waiting until week 39 for a planned c-section, although he says it’s ultimately best left to the fetus’ choice when to be born.

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