Options To Make a Cesarean More Mom- And Baby-Friendly

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Vanessa Merten

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🗓️ 7 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In the United States, one in three babies is born via cesarean. Every expecting mother should be knowledgeable about cesarean birth, even if that is not your primary birth plan. As cesarean births have become more common, options have expanded to make the procedure more mom- and baby-friendly. In recent years, the idea of a gentle cesarean has emerged. This is also called a family-centered cesarean, family-centered birth, or natural cesarean. A gentle cesarean involves adjustments that make the surgical procedure more mom- and baby-friendly and has many evidence-backed benefits.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In today's episode, we're talking
0:17.0	about a gentle Cessarian and vaginal seating. Every expecting mother should be knowledgeable about Cessarian birth, even if that's not your primary birth plan.
0:28.0	In the United States, one in three babies is born via Cessarian, and many of those were not planned to go that way.
0:36.2	As Cessarian births have become more common, options have expanded to make the procedure
0:41.9	more mom and baby friendly.
0:44.0	So in recent years we've seen the idea of a gentle Cessarian.
0:48.0	This is also called a family centered Cessarian, a familycentered birth, or a natural cesarian. So whatever you want to call it,
0:56.5	a gentle cesarian involves adjustments that make the surgical procedure more mom mom and baby friendly.
1:03.4	So we're going to talk about all of those options
1:05.9	in today's episode and talk about the evidence behind it.
1:10.4	You can find the complete article
1:12.4	and all of the resources for this episode at pregnancy
1:16.1	podcast.com slash Gentle Cessarian.
1:21.7	You are currently listening to the public feed of the pregnancy podcast, so you have access to the last year of episodes.
1:29.0	You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get access to the entire back catalog.
1:36.8	All of the content is ad free and when you sign up you're going to get a free copy of the
1:42.3	Your Birth Plan book. You can check out
1:44.8	pregnancy podcast premium at pregnancy podcast.com slash premium. A Cessan section or a C-Secton is a surgical procedure to deliver a baby through incisions in the abdomen and uterus.
2:01.0	Every expecting mom should be knowledgeable about Cessarian birth.
2:06.1	One in three babies in the U.S. has born this way.
2:09.3	And a lot of times that is unplanned.
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