If a woman’s first childbirth was via cesarean section, usually the next birth will be by cesarean section. The CDC provides the statistics for repeat cesarean section. It is 85%.
My daughter-in-law’s first baby was born by cesarean section, but she hoped to deliver her second baby normally (vaginally). She had a midwife group practice, a doula and a doctor providing her care.
When her labor progress slowed down the doctor recommended a cesarean section. The midwives agreed. My son and daughter-in-law asked for some time. My son sent a prayer request text to family. They prayed with their doula.
After an hour labor had picked up and all agreed to wait and let labor proceed. Our granddaughter was born healthy and her mother avoided the cesarean section. Praise God!
In an interesting side note the midwives had recommended eating six dates each day in the last two months of pregnancy. I wrote about the health benefits of dates during pregnancy in a previous blog post. You can read it here.
I also wrote a post about midwife care. Will we see more midwives providing childbirth care? Will doctors increasingly recognize the skills of midwives?
Natural Womanhood has a very informative article about VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean section). Click to read it here.
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I used a midwife with my lad… she stuck with me until it was proven that I needed a c-section so then she cared for my boy and provided follow up care. That was a bit of a tough time. FMF16
Midwives can be a blessing–even when a c-section is needed. I have had 3 c-sections, followed by complications. With the 3rd c-section I had a midwife in attendance for support as doctors carried out the c-section.
Praise God! Wonderful testimony. My last child was C-section. A healthy baby and Momma is what matters. Congratulations.
Thank-you! I am grateful that this has been a much easier recovery for my daughter-in-law.
I would gladly write a sonnet
on the great art of midwifery,
but I can claim no knowledge on it,
so my words would just be puffery
spun upon the empty air
to make my ego proud,
so to accurate and fair,
I will stay silent, with head bowed
and wait outside the labour room
with chain-smoking dad-to-be
as the life-change starts to loom
into its full reality
and will watch the old man die
when he hears new baby’s cry.
Yay, what a great testimony! Our God is so good.