Vaginal delivery may be OK after C-section
July 23, 2010 by cbowman
Filed under Headlines, Pregnancy & Childbirth
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter by Serena Gordon
healthday Reporter – Wed Jul 21, 11:48 pm ET
WEDNESDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — Many women who’ve had a Cesarean section may be candidates for vaginal birth in future pregnancies, say new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
“These guidelines emphasize again that a trial of labor after Cesarean is an important option for most women,” said one of the authors of the new guidelines, Dr. Jeffrey Ecker, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Currently, almost one in three mothers delivers by Cesarean in the United States, according to the study.
More recent studies have supported the idea that many women can successfully deliver vaginally after having had a Cesarean, explained Dr. William Grobman, another author of the new guidelines and an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.
In March, a National Institutes of Health panel came to the same conclusion and said that a Cesarean delivery in the past doesn’t mean a woman must automatically have one in subsequent pregnancies
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Georgia scores an “F” for Premature Birth Rate
November 19, 2009 by cbowman
Filed under Pregnancy & Childbirth
Did you know that one in eight babies born in our country is premature? Even worse, the rate of premature birth in America is higher than that of most other developed nations!
This week The March of Dimes issued its Premature Birth Report Card, which grades each state’s rate of preterm birth.
Georgia scored an “F”.
The report card grades each state’s rate of preterm birth compared to the nation’s objective of a 7.6 percent or less preterm birth rate by 2010. Georgia’s preterm birth rate was 13.6 percent.
To learn more about premature birth and what the March of Dimes is doing about it, click here…
AP: Pregnant women, new parents urged to get vaccine
August 27, 2009 by cbowman
Filed under Pregnancy & Childbirth
August 27, 2009
WASHINGTON – Health officials are stressing that it is vital for pregnant women and new parents to get the swine flu vaccine to protect themselves and their children.
According to the article, vaccine for the seasonal flu is available in many parts of the country now, and testing is under way for the swine flu vaccine, which is expected to be available in October.
Also, parents concerned about preservatives in vaccines will be relieved to know that there will be swine flu vaccines available without the preservative Thimerosal.
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Her: Extension Cord of Life
August 18, 2009 by cbowman
Filed under Pregnancy & Childbirth
Like ripples on a pond, the decisions we make affect others — family, friends, and even strangers.
Be sure to read my story Extension Cord of Life, in the August 2009 issue of Her magazine. One local family shares how an unknown mother’s simple decision to bank her baby’s umbilical cord blood saved their son’s life.
Columbus is blessed to be the headquarters of Stork Medical, LLC.–a nation-wide, private cord blood storage company. Stork Medical offers expectant mothers the opportunity to collect and store their baby’s cord blood after delivery, thus ensuring a personal source of stem cells should the child require a transplant during her lifetime. They also offer free and heavily discounted cord blood stem cell storage to members of our Armed Forces.
Info: 1-866-65-STORK
