Why is there so much concern about the rising cesarean rate?
Some researchers are concerned with the rising rate of inductions, that is, the rising rate of beginning labor before Mother Nature starts labor. When labor is begun before the body is ready, the body may not respond to the medications given to begin labor. If the amniotic sack has been broken for a long period of time and there are no contractions, it may then be safer to deliver the baby by cesarean. More research is being done to discover why there are so many inductions, why so many inductions fail and why failed inductions lead to cesarean sections. References: Lowdermilk, D., and Perry, S. Maternity & Women’s Health Care. Mosby/Elsevier: St. Louis, Missouri. 9th Edition, 2007. Nichols, F., Humenick, S. Childbirth Education: Practice, Research & Theory (2000) Saunders & Co. Whitely, N. A Manual of Clinical Obstetrics (1985) Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company. Reeder, S., Martin, L., and Koniak-Griffin, D. Maternity Nursing: Family, Newborn, and Women’s Health Care. (1997) Phila
