Childbirth Death Rate Rises in U.S.

danielheyes 07:41:55 PM Sep 06 2007

Ymmarta Unless you want me to turn into a raving witch I suggest you think twice about forced birth control. how about forced vesectomies? i didn't think so. the hormones in birth control make me evil and gain weight. the female reproductive system is not to be messed with. Deannalouise84 congrats my children were both over 10 pounds at birth. the babies to big excuse is just that an excuse. along with almost all the other so called 'complications' I was born c section dec. 24th go figure my mom was inlabor 12 hours the day before a holiday. um can we say "i'm a doctor instead of being patient I'm gonna hurry up and go home to my family" all this while risking an unsuspecting womens life
I LOVE MY MIDWIFE TRUST BIRTH!

Deannalouise84 08:04:12 PM Sep 05 2007

I delivered my first child vaginally. He weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. I was fifteen at the time. Since then, my husband and I have welcomed 2 more children into the world without any complications or C-Sections. If a fiteen year-old can deliver a 9 pound babie, why can't an adult woman?

Ymmarta 01:23:34 AM Sep 05 2007

We need to increase abortions at all stages of pregnancy, not just in the US but worldwide. Forced birth control would also prevent these tragedies. Financial incentives would be provided to those that had voluntary abortions.
Implementation of these ideas will reduce deaths related to childbirth. It would also reduce the population explosion that threatens the human race with extinction. -Mike

Danercdee 07:55:32 PM Sep 04 2007

I need to send this to my malpractice attorney because I am currently in litigation regarding me almost dying due to somebody not reading my plastic braclet that said I was allergic to morphine. I was in a coma, on life support and yes, it was a planned C-section just like my other three. Once you have a C-section it seems like you do not have a choice to try natural childbirth. I never did. This article could not have come at a better time.....at this time I need a miracle it seems to get compensated for someone elses mistake......

suturelady98 11:59:22 AM Sep 04 2007

I agree that too many C-Sections seem to be done, these days. While both of mine were necessary the numbers - statistically - seem to be so high. It does appear to be a convenience, for some doctors, and shouldn't be when we are talking about major surgery. I am not sure as to why some of you sort of make this into an argument over whether one should go to a doctor and hospital - for care - or a midwife. I think that there are highly qualified doctors and midwives out there. It just depends on your health needs, personal preferences, etc. There are always going to be the cases, sadly enough, where the midwife should have taken the mother and baby to the hospital as there are also cases of doctor errors at the hospital. I do agree with the poor man who lost his wife, that it doesn't seem like that many women should be losing their lives - in childbirth - these days with all of the modern advances. I also agree that there is A LOT OF GREED among some of the doctors and a lot of t

Chantenuit 07:05:26 AM Sep 04 2007

I went to college with a woman who was a midwife. She had both the mother and the child in one of her deliveries. The baby was too big but instead of getting her to a hospital for a C-section she talked the mother into "toughing out". As the baby was died, trapped inside he kicked and hit one of the mother's major veins and it burst. She bled to death.

There are legitimate needs for C-sections. Had the woman I just told you about been in a hospital both she and her son might still be alive. I would never have a homebirth. If some kind of problem occurs during labor, to either me or my baby, I'd want to be in a facility with people who can intervene as quickly as possible. Women with perfectly normal, low risk pregnancies do have complications at times.

Chantenuit 06:41:45 AM Sep 04 2007

rbadman46.... I fail to understand why the maternal mortality rate will increase if Hillary is elected president. Many doctors call for C-sections earlier in the labor are trying to hedge their bets and not get hit with a massive malpractice suit when a child is born with complications because a c-section wasn't performed soon enough.

harbordoula 10:06:10 PM Sep 03 2007

And for the record, yes, if I wanted a SURGEON, I would go to an OB and expect him to be well rested. But that's why I don't go to an OB in the first place for normal, low-risk care. It's not their job.

harbordoula 10:05:12 PM Sep 03 2007

DRM, I'm sorry that you've bought into the idea that per birth repayment is the only way that doctors make money. Doing more cesareans allows doctors to take on more clients, bill more office hours, bill more specialty hours, than they would be able to do if they were doing mostly vaginal births. Add in inductions and the number goes higher. Any person who goes into obstetrics should be expecting to be doing births around the clock and they do, which is why they have partners or backups. Unfortunately, this isn't enough and they have now started to force patients to birth when they aren't ready through induction or through surgery, whichever comes up. If you are going to talk about your spouse being an OB, then what is his cesarean rate? Because anything over 15% is endangering moms and babies so he can "feel more rested" rather than being on call. OB is not a 9-5 profession. It's simply not. And 7am-6pm is normal working hours. A good OB should have reliable backup if they want more

THUMSTONE 10:27:33 PM Aug 30 2007

Universal Healthcare. All the efficiency of the Post Office with the compassion of the IRS. Good luck.