Its been a week for articles of interest about Cesareans:
UNICEF has issued a new report: State of the World’s Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health, which reiterates the UN recommendation for a cesarean rate range of 5% to 15%. (Average rates in the US are above 30%.)
Time Magazine has an article in its latest issue addressing the sea change in hospital policies toward VBACs: http://tinyurl.com/cg6oqo
And while not new, I found this article about the impact of lack of sleep on rates of longer labors and cesareans: http://tinyurl.com/bqubs2 at the site of a fellow Birthing From Within® mentor in Vancouver, BC.
