Nowadays, caesarean section becomes more
popular and not just in any individual country.
Today,
the number of caesarean delivery increases more and
more.
Trend of caesarean childbirth
With every 100
children were born in Brazil, there are 80 babies are picked up by caesarean section. The
number of American children born through operating in 2006 rose double compared to 10 years before. In
Vietnam the rate of caesarean delivery has increased 2.5 times compared with
average rate that is given by the
World Health Organization. Figures
are posted on many website
reflecting the fact that caesarean delivery is becoming more popular
and not just in any individual country.
Today, when asking about the health of
mother who has just born, people are familiar with the question "caesarean
section or vaginal delivery?" that is like asking about hospital chosen
for birth. And method that was only used for emergency in the past suddenly
changes into common phenomenon with many positive causes which have propertied
of era; for example, women have children later, multiple pregnancies caused by
vitro fertilization are increase, or the number of obese pregnant women rises.
Besides, there are many unreasonable reasons why women require caesarean
section such as being afraid of pain, fearing of being ugly or choosing gold
time for birth.
While mothers want childbirth taking place as
smoothly as their plan, doctors also assign caesarean section more quickly
because they soon recognized the bad signs in babies and also some of them are
afraid of observing pregnant women during labor, and being responsible if there
are any unfortunate things happening. But experts recommend the most important
reason making trend of caesarean delivery is due to change of thought about
labor process and birth. In high industrialized and medical society, people pay
attention more to ensure that the baby is born more safely and smoothly than
expected to the magic of nature. But this change brings more inconvenience for
baby’s health.
Today,
people have many reasons for choosing caesarean delivery.
The consequences later
Babies were born by caesarean section are
easy to have respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, asthma
because they do not receive some hormone during labor. That is information
everyone knows about the damage of caesarean section. But actually, going above
of natural childbirth process can leave unexpected consequences in both
digestive system and immune system of baby.
According to scientists at the Nestlé
Nutrition Institute, sterilizing condition of caesarean delivery affects
microflora of intestine and immune system of newborns. Normally, in labor
process, the baby is contacted with bacteria in vagina and mother’s excrement
first, and then establishing a strong basement for beneficial bacteria living
naturally in intestinal tract. But with sterile condition in caesarean
delivery, to have beneficial bacteria for intestinal tract such as
Bifidobacteria and Probiotic which locate in intestine, caesarean babies need
lots of time to generate. Swedish pediatric scientists estimate that caesarean
babies have to spend 6 months to have intestinal microflora system like natural
childbirth babies who have just been born.
On the other hand, being contacted with
bacteria in vagina and intestine also create the first experience for immune
system, which helps newborns recognize and struggle against pathogenic factors.
Caesarean babies do not have this opportunity, so they are hard to find out
adaptation to live in much bacteria environment. And Probiotic is bacteria that
have ability of resisting infection, improving immune system. Furthermore, some
research’s results say that caesarean children are easy to be suffered from
other diseases such as diabetes type 1 or decay.
For the health of babies
Letting babies be born naturally is the
best way for them to have comprehensive development. But because some reasons
that force to take Caesarean section, please try to minimize the loss for your
child by not operating when not in the date of birth, bearing at big hospitals
with doctors having experience on surgery. And to support intestinal microflora
system and immune system of your babies to develop healthily and not to be
worse than natural birth babies, in addition to strengthening breastfeeding
(breast milk contains many beneficial bacteria being transmitted to children
through breastfeeding), mothers can supplement probiotic into the nutritious
portions of their babies. Probiotic are in some kinds of milk that have formula
of adding this antibiotic or probiotic products for babies.
