#10 The Newest Data on Cesarean Rates

As you may know, the United States has been on a mission to decrease the cesarean birth rate among nuliparious, term, singleton, vertex parents.  Amoung first time parents cesarean births happen almost 3 out of 5 times on average.  While cesareans can be live saving in some situations, there has actually been no data on improvise in the maternal or neonatal morbidity or mortality. What we do know is that cesarean births come with an increased risk of infection, blood clots, complications in later pregnancies, complications with anesthesia and more.

In this episode Sarah and Justine will discuss the current data on cesareans and what the trends have been over the last couple years.