C-Section Recovery & Cesarean Birth Advice, Tips and Support

Last month there was a study done in The international journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) that said women who have Tokophobia, the fear of childbirth, were more likely to have a C-Section.

You can read the full Science Daily report here

In fact the statistics were sited as saying that induction of delivery, which often results in having a C-section, was more common among women that had a fear of childbirth as compared to women without such fears.

Also women who fear childbirth were more likely to request they deliver by C-Section.

This follows suit with a post I did back in August, 2008 about Tokophobia, which at the time, was not something I was very familiar with, but I soon found out that fear of childbirth was a severe debilitating disease affecting about 1 in 7 women. Read more »

Have you had a C-Section or perhaps shared in the C-Section experience with a spouse or loved one?    If so,  please share your story with us.

Was your C-Section a good experience or a bad one?

Share with us what you’d most like other moms to know about having a C-Section.

Give it all to us, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Sharing your personal C-Section experience, your likes, dislikes and how you might have done things differently helps other moms and families, so we”d love to hear your story 

Just a few years ago your chances of having a c-section were about 20%.

Today, however the latest from the CDC (National Center for Health Statistics) has reported that your chances are now almost 30%.

In fact, as mentioned in a recent post, the U.S. C-Section Rate is climbing, we’re actually experiencing the highest c-section rate ever reported in the U.S.  Shocking isn’t it?

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There’s a lot of buzz about how the C-Section rate is climbing in the U.S.

It’s been something we’ve known about for awhile but the rate has actually gone from 27% to 34% in the U.S. between 2002 and 2009.

If you haven’t read the report yet, you can find it here:

http://www.healthgrades.com/health-news/ArticleDetail.aspx?id=654968

Of 19 U.S. States polled, the states reporting the highest rates were Florida and New Jersey, and the Lowest rates were in Utah. Read more »

I just recently read that in Shanghai one of the reasons women choose to have a C-section is because they feel it will preserve their figure.

In fact, nearly two thirds of Shanghai’s pregnant women deliver their babies by C-Section with reasons ranging from health risks, pain avoidance and because they think it will save their figure.

Their figure?  What’s up with that? Read more »

A popular question when having a Cesarean is having a tummy tuck after a C-Section. 

The convenience of having both a C-section and tummy tuck done at the same may sound like a good idea but studies have shown that the complications from surgery increases when combining the two procedures.

An abdominoplasty or “tummy tuck” is the removal of fat and skin plus tightening of muscles in the abdominal area. It differs from liposuction, which just suctions out fat beneath the skin and above muscles.

However, a doctor often performs liposuction during a tummy tuck before going on to further remove fat and skin and tighten muscles.

It is possible to get a tummy tuck immediately following a c-section,  however, it is not advisable for several reasons. Read more »