Rising Caesarean Section Rates: Can Evolution and Ecology Explain Some of the Difficulties of Modern Childbirth?

Liston, W. A.

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“…High prepregnancy weight and high pregnancy weight gain are also associated with several perinatal adverse outcomes such as brachial palsy, fracture of the clavicle, shoulder dystocia, meconium aspiration and low Apgar score 13 . In the last decades, changes in obstetric practices have aimed to prevent these complications, especially using induction of labour and caesarean section before labour 14,15 . These changes in obstetric practices, in addition to changes in other factors such as maternal age, gestational age, parity, prepregnancy weight, maternal country of origin and smoking status, may also have influenced time trends in birthweight.…”

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“…13 In the last decades, changes in obstetric practices have aimed to prevent these complications, especially using induction of labour and caesarean section before labour. 14,15 These changes in obstetric practices, in addition to changes in other factors such as maternal age, gestational age, parity, prepregnancy weight, maternal country of origin and smoking status, may also have influenced time trends in birthweight.…”

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Discordant time trends in maternal body size and offspring birthweight of term deliveries in France between 1972 and 2003: data from the French National Perinatal Surveys

Diouf

Munier

Blondel

et al. 2011

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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We investigated time trends in maternal weight before and during pregnancy and in infant birthweight in France, from 1972 to 2003, using data on singleton live term births from the representative National Perinatal Surveys of 1972, 1981, 1995, 1998 and 2003 (n=8,664, 4,494, 11,445, 12,006, 12,692, respectively). Mothers were interviewed a few days after delivery and data on delivery and the newborn were extracted from hospital records. Maternal prepregnancy weight, height, body mass index and pregnancy weight gain all increased from 1972 to 2003; however, birthweight did not show a parallel trend. After taking gestational age, maternal age, parity, country of origin, newborn gender and maternal smoking during pregnancy into account, mean birthweight increased between 1972 and 1995 but decreased thereafter and, consistently, there was an increase in small-for-gestational age (SGA) and a decrease in large-for-gestational age newborns. Further adjustment for induced delivery, an indicator of obstetric practice, did not change the results. A similar variation has been observed very recently in the US and in Germany. Further research is needed to identify the factors responsible for these discordant changes and especially the factors responsible for the recent increase in SGA since this has been shown to be associated with poorer health in later life.

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Discordant time trends in maternal body size and offspring birthweight of term deliveries in France between 1972 and 2003: data from the French National Perinatal Surveys

Diouf

Munier

Blondel

et al. 2011

Paediatric Perinatal Epid

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“…10,11 The many reasons cited for increasing CS rates include maternal, fetal variables and intrapartum events. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] However, medical reasons alone form an inadequate explanation of this upward trend, as with determined efforts, CS rates can be maintained at a constant level or even reduced without an apparent increase in morbidity. 25,26 The current absence of a clear understanding of the pressures which drive this phenomenon results in a need to clearly document the existing situation and to partition the influences into known versus unknown.…”

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Prepartum and intrapartum caesarean section rates at Mater Mothers’ Hospital Brisbane 1997–2005

Janssens

Wallace

Chang

2008

Aust NZ J Obst Gynaeco

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“…Mennesket, homo sapiens, er karakteriseret ved at have en stor hjerne og dermed et stort hoved samt et smalt baekken på grund af den oprette stilling (Liston 2003). Disse faktorer har bidraget til at vanskeliggøre fødselsprocessen.…”

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Hvidman¹

2008

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Det må selvfølgelig give anledning til undren, at man så ofte griber til et operativt indgreb ved noget så naturligt som en fødsel. Skyldes stigningen en laegelig teknologisering af fødslerne, eller er det fordi, det faktisk er blevet vanskeligere for mennesket at føde sine børn? Det er naerliggende at overveje, at der ikke ville vaere grund til så ofte at gribe ind, hvis det at føde i al almindelighed var positivt, nemt og ukompliceret for mor og barn.Formålet med denne artikel er at redegøre for den historiske udvikling i anvendelsen af kejsersnit og diskutere mulige forklaringer på den stigende anvendelse, herunder om homo sapiens er mindre egnet til at føde, om taersklen for at vaelge kejsersnit er aendret, og hvad baggrunden er, når kvinder ønsker kejsersnit uden medicinsk indikation ("Kejsersnit på mors ønske"). Jeg vil argumentere for, at en vaesent-

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Rising Caesarean Section Rates: Can Evolution and Ecology Explain Some of the Difficulties of Modern Childbirth?

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Discordant time trends in maternal body size and offspring birthweight of term deliveries in France between 1972 and 2003: data from the French National Perinatal Surveys

Discordant time trends in maternal body size and offspring birthweight of term deliveries in France between 1972 and 2003: data from the French National Perinatal Surveys

Prepartum and intrapartum caesarean section rates at Mater Mothers’ Hospital Brisbane 1997–2005

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