From The Globe and Mail:
C-section not best option for breech birthBy, Carla Wintersgill
Physicians should no longer automatically opt to perform a cesarean section in the case of a breech birth, according to new guidelines by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
Released yesterday, the guidelines are a response to new evidence that shows many women are safely able to vaginally deliver babies who enter the birth canal with the buttocks or feet first.
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“The safest way to deliver has always been the natural way,” said Dr. Lalonde.
“Vaginal birth is the preferred method of having a baby because a C-section in itself has complications.”
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The SOGC believes that if a woman is well-prepared during pregnancy, she has the innate ability to deliver vaginally.
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