Increased breathing problems in infants born by elective caesareans
It seems the changes that happen during labor and delivery are necessary for an infant’s lungs to mature and these changes are absent in infants delivered by elective caesarean section.
A Denmark study showed that infants delivered by elective caesarean sections (CS) are more at risk for developing respiratory problems than those born by either emergency CS or vaginal delivery. Furthermore, the risk increases the earlier the operation was performed.
At 37 weeks gestation, 10 percent of infants born by elective CS had general respiratory problems compared to only 2.8% of infants delivered vaginally. At 39 weeks, the proportion decreased to 2.1% compared 1.1%.
The study was published in the British Medical Journal December 11 issue.
[source: Science Daily]
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