The natural caesarean: a woman‐centred technique
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Although much effort has gone into promoting early skin‐to‐skin contact and parental involvement at vaginal birth, caesarean birth remains entrenched in surgical and resuscitative rituals, which delay parental contact, impair maternal satisfaction and reduce breastfeeding. We describe a ‘natural’ approach that mimics the situation at vaginal birth by allowing (i) the parents to watch the birth of their child as active participants (ii) slow delivery with physiological autoresuscitation and (iii) the baby to be transferred directly onto the mother’s chest for early skin‐to‐skin. Studies are required into methods of reforming caesarean section, the most common operation worldwide.
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Evidence suggests that, from the patient's perspective, skin-to-skin cesarean birth enhances the maternal experience of an uncomplicated cesarean birth.
“evidence suggests that, from the patient’s perspective, skin-to-skin cesarean birth enhances the maternal experience of an uncomplicated cesarean birth23,29”
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- Authors
- Smith, J., Plaat, F., & Fisk, N.
- Affiliations
- Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital (GB)
- Venue
- BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-06-28
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1037-1042
- ISSN
- 0306-5456 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-0328
- 1471-0528
- PMC
- PMC2613254
- OpenAlex
- W2019262240
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 4.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Keywords
- early skin-to-skin contact, maternal satisfaction, breastfeeding, vaginal delivery
- MeSH terms
- Breast Feeding, Cesarean Section, Female, Humans, Obstetric Labor Complications, Mother-Child Relations, Natural Childbirth, Object Attachment, Pregnancy, Patient-Centered Care
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