Csection rate in the news

[Guest guest]

This is an invite to watch Anna Nicole Smith's csection on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=eFGhm2OU13s.

 

She had surgical birth because in early labor she was told that her

womb would rupture because baby was so big. Baby was 6 lbs. Is a

good video to see the rough treatment of the mother's body and the

baby. This baby was also pulled out by forceps. Anna Nicole is

well, Anna Nicole, but her retelling and re-experiencing of the

memory is very right on with most women's experience.

 

 

HelpingHandsConnection

 

Folks- I am crying. The CDC released the preliminary birth data for

2005 today. You can find it at

www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/06facts/births05.htm.

 

The cesarean delivery rate rose FOUR percent in 2005 to 30.2 percent

of all births, a record high for the nation!!!! OH MY! The cesarean

rate has risen 46 percent since 1996. The 2004 rate was 29.6%. If

is keeps increasing at this rate, in 18 years, EVERYONE will be cut

open!

 

We are in SERIOUS trouble in this country. I'll say it again...WE

ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE here. Women NEED to start making better

choices. This is so incredibly dangerous. Please support ICAN,

please talk about birth and let people know that we MUST have TRUST

in ourselves, our bodies, and our children...not in doctors and not

in hospitals. Women need to start taking charge of their own care.

Without any trust and faith, what else is there? Friends don't let

friends get cut!

 

New Report Shows Teen Births Drop To Lowest Level Ever

For Immediate Release: November 21, 2006

 

Contact: CDC National Center for Health Statistics Press Office

(301) 458-4800

E-mail: nchsquery

 

Births: Preliminary Data for 2005. Health E-Stat.

 

The teen birth rate in the United States fell to its lowest level

ever in 2005, according to the latest birth statistics for the

Nation, released today by the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

 

The report, " Births: Preliminary Data for 2005, " includes figures

from over 99 percent of birth certificates filed in the U.S. and

reveals that between 2004 and 2005, the birth rate for teenagers

aged 15-19 fell 2 percent, to 40.4 births per 1,000 – a 35 percent

decrease from the peak of 61.8 births per 1,000 in 1991.

 

The decline was especially pronounced for non-Hispanic black

teenagers 15-17 – the birth rate for this group fell 6 percent in

2005 compared with 2004 and 59 percent since 1991. In total, there

were 421,123 births to females under age 20 in 2005.

 

" The decline in teenage childbearing has been documented across all

race and ethnic populations, but most impressive has been the

decline in these rates for non-Hispanic black teenagers, " said Brady

Hamilton, a researcher at CDC's National Center for Health

Statistics and lead author of the report.

 

Among other key findings:

 

There was another increase in unmarried childbearing in 2005. The

number of births to unmarried mothers of all ages rose 4 percent

from 1.47 million in 2004 to 1.52 million in 2005; while the rate

increased to 47.6 births per 1,000 unmarried females aged 15-44 in

2005, up from 46.1 in 2004. The percentage of births to unmarried

mothers also increased in 2005, from 35.8 to 36.8 percent.

 

The total number of U.S. births increased by 1 percent in 2005 to

4,140,419. The general fertility rate (number of births per 1,000

women aged 15-44) also increased slightly to 66.7 from 66.3 in 2004.

 

Childbearing by women in their early twenties increased slightly in

2005, and also continued to increase among women in their thirties

and forties. Birth rates for women aged 20-24 and 30-34 years rose

less than 1 percent between 2004 and 2005, while rates for women

aged 35-44 years rose by 2 percent.

 

The cesarean delivery rate rose 4 percent in 2005 to 30.2 percent of

all births, a record high for the nation. The cesarean rate has

risen 46 percent since 1996.

 

The preterm birth rate (percentage of infants delivered at less than

37 completed weeks of gestation) rose from 12.5 in 2004 to 12.7 in

2005. This rate has increased 20 percent since 1990.

 

The percentage of babies born at low birthweight also increased in

2005, to 8.2 percent of all births (up from 8.1 in 2004). The

percentage of low birthweight babies has increased more than 20

percent since the mid-1980's.

 

Kelley Faulkner

Midwife and Baby Advocate

www.newlifemidwifery.com

508-429-6663