Reflection on Rising Cesarean Rates | Spinning Babies®

Spinning Babies The article shared the story of an obstetrics team at Rochester General Hospital in New York, which welcomes about 1800 births each year and had once seen very high cesarean rates, especially among healthy, first time parents. Over time, their rates fell dramatically. What made the difference was not a new technology or a complex intervention. It was a shift in the way their staff viewed birth and supported birthing families.

A Spinning Babies® Reflection on a Recent Conversation About Cesarean Birth On November 24th, The New York Times published an article, “These Hospitals Figured Out How to Slash C-Section Rates,” about the rising rate of cesarean births and highlighted the experience of a hospital in New York that has significantly lowered its surgery rate in […]

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