Search News:
Beat the odds of a C-section by hiring a doula
News
Dec 19, 2008
According to the Canadian Perinatal Health Report -2008 Edition, there has been a rise in the c-section rate. But a study in the perinatal health journal Birth shows doulas can lower the chances of c-section.
The Canadian Perinatal Health Report – 2008 Edition, which was released Dec. 1, details an increase in the c-section rate in Canada from 17.6 per cent in 1994-1995 to 25.6 per cent in 2004-2005. This is an increase of eight per cent in 10 years. By using a doula, women can decrease their likelihood of requiring surgery by 12 per cent, according to Susan K. McGrath and John H. Kennell, who co-authored a study that was reviewed in the perinatal health journal Birth in June 2008.
"Having a doula cuts a woman's chances of having cesarean surgery in half, which is a huge health advantage," said Leanne Palmerston of Hamilton Doula, a doula, childbirth educator and broadcaster.
See www.hamiltondoula.com .
More Stories
-
Council drops West Harbour, looks at Aberdeen siteThe plan to build a stadium at the West Harbour is slowly sinking.... | read more |
-
Ticats purring over Aberdeen-Longwood siteIt could be another wild and wooly committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday as councillors again deb... | read more |
-
Police seek missing sandal in Melo homicideHamilton Police are seeking a missing sandal in the homicide investigation of Ancaster businessman ... | read more |
-
Arena twinning officially startsDan Flaminio has a lot of people counting on him.... | read more |
-
Riders Cycle for Life for Canadian Blood ServicesSeven cyclists on a 500-kilometre trek in support of Canadian Blood Services made a brief stop in A... | read more |
Poll
