Not in all cases, of course. But in a situation where the child has to be pulled out with forceps or vacuum, surgery is better.
Everyone knows what a cesarean section is. The method of childbirth, when the child is born not independently, through the birth canal, but through a surgical incision in the uterus and the anterior abdominal wall. In fact, it should be performed solely for medical reasons: for example, anatomically narrow pelvis, vision problems, abnormal fetal position, bleeding, fetal hypoxia, and so on. But moms often practice this principle: pay and do not give birth yourself. Immediately, we note: in our country, caesarean without evidence is not allowed. But a personal agreement can resolve any issues, to be honest.
Which childbirth is better is a controversial and painful topic. Mothers who stand up for naturalness twist their fingers at their temples, looking in bewilderment at those who voluntarily agree to abdominal surgery (in fact, caesarean – it is).
“After cesarean disability must be appropriated!” They say. Oksana Samoilova, who had three cesareans, will disagree with them, but not the point.
Those who do not want to give birth on their own find hundreds of arguments in their favor. First of all, they tell horror stories about friends whose children were squeezed out of the stomach / dropped on the floor / pulled with forceps …
Stop. But now about the latter in more detail. Surprisingly, Western experts are of the same opinion. They insist: it is the operation that needs to be chosen between forceps, vacuum or cesarean! And this is not unfounded, but according to the results of a large-scale study published in the authoritative Canadian Medical Association Journal. Scientists from Columbia University have tested more than 187 babies born in Canada over the past 10 years. They studied, in particular, situations when the crumbs occupied a transverse position in the abdomen, and they had to be taken out using one of three methods.
– The risk of severe complications when using forceps or vacuum extraction is 80 percent higher than with a caesarean section, experts cite the figures.
And we are talking not only about babies, but also about their mothers. Women who were “helped” to give birth with eerie-looking instruments were ten times more likely to have tears and heavy bleeding.
It is curious that three years ago the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists urged doctors to do the opposite: minimum CS, better invasive methods. So they were wrong?
“It’s important to understand that cesarean delivery, forceps and vacuum have their own risks,” says lead author Julia Muraka. – They occur in about every fifth case, and doctors are obliged to warn a woman about the possible consequences of using a particular method. And ideally, this should happen even before the contractions start, when the woman still has the opportunity to make a choice. And encouraging the frequent use of forceps can lead to an increase in birth injuries.
At the same time, Dr. Muraka clarifies: there are still cases when forceps and a vacuum are needed to save a child’s life. At least in situations where the counting is in minutes, and there is no longer time to deploy an urgent operating room for an emergency Caesarean.