tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post4277782271010928501..comments2023-10-01T03:39:30.695-07:00Comments on Birth at Home in Arizona: Family Birth Stories: Me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-16759116686807009582010-06-16T22:01:58.694-07:002010-06-16T22:01:58.694-07:00Wow, Kathy! Thanks for all that info! Stellar!!! Y...Wow, Kathy! Thanks for all that info! Stellar!!! You are awesome. :)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10301075330910381544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-85182552495120443612010-06-16T19:13:34.732-07:002010-06-16T19:13:34.732-07:00And, here is the graph I wanted to post initially,...And, <a href="http://www.theunnecesarean.com/storage/us_cesarean_rate.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> is the graph I wanted to post initially, but had to ask Jill for it because I'm so brilliant I couldn't find "search" on The Unnecesarean. :-)Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118292622669944944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-67309176304285092652010-06-16T18:29:25.958-07:002010-06-16T18:29:25.958-07:00I just checked the C/s rates (http://www.cdc.gov/n...I just checked the C/s rates (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/ice90_2acc.pdf -- if you really, really, really want to see, it's p. 118): "The rate of cesarean section deliveries in the United States quadrupled from 1965 to 1983, from 4.5 per 100 hospital deliveries in 1965 to 20.3 in 1983, based on National Hospital Discharge Survey data from the National Center for Health Statistics. Cesarean section rates in 1981 were highest in the Northeast at 20.0 per 100 hospital deliveries and lowest in the North Central Region at 15.9 per 100. The South and West had intermediate rates in 1981 of 18.8 and 17.1, respectively."<br /><br />But considering the details around the birth, with it being treated as a true emergency, I'd say it was a true emergency. A C/s might have been avoided at home, if they did something at the birth center that caused a problem, or if they made a mistake and things weren't really that emergent; but it's more likely that it was one of those cases where we're all glad that there is such a thing as C-sections.<br /><br />-KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com