Elective C Section

If you know you will need a c section before you go into labour this is called a planned elective c section.

Elective c section. Here s why a planned c section may not be as convenient as you hope. Patients may opt for a c section if they have a health condition such as high blood pressure or if a previous. C sections may reduce the risk of incontinence which although not life threatening can be life altering for the mother.

Fetal trauma and birth injuries can be reduced by cesarean deliveries as can labor complications such as fetal heart rate fluctuations. Elective c sections bring a slightly higher rate of ttn transient tachypnea of the newborn where the baby doesn t clear the lung water out as quickly. Should you schedule an elective c section.

A scheduled surgery for nonmedical reasons is called an elective cesarean delivery and your doctor may allow this option. That is why we say you should never do elective cesarean section at 37. But birth can be unpredictable even if you schedule a c section.

The rate of respiratory problems is 10 for elective c section at 37 weeks but it is 2 8 for intended vaginal deliveries. The literature on elective cesarean delivery without labor also shows an increased rate of complications related to prematurity including respiratory symptoms other neonatal adaptation problems such as hypothermia and hypoglycemia and neonatal intensive care unit admissions for infants delivered by cesarean delivery before 39 weeks of gestation 2. Some women prefer to deliver by.

I wanted to have an elective c section on maternal request and everyone including my doctor tried to tell me it was a bad idea. As a baby goes through the birth canal the chest gets compressed and amniotic fluid pushed out so there s less fluid to be aspirated back into the lungs. Your baby may not wait until the scheduled date to be born.

But there are also some benefits to the procedure. Moreover the first study to examine risks to babies born via elective cesarean published in this month s edition of birth reported that in 6 million births the risk of death to.