Raising and Nurturing a Child Born via C-Section ()

Author: Wang Tingli, Mei Jian, Wang Shuquan
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
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(II) The Dangers of Cesarean Section
If cesarean section is performed without medical indications, it is more harmful than beneficial. This is because cesarean section is performed for women and fetuses with abnormal conditions. Although cesarean section has become increasingly safe with the advancement of medical science, the mortality rate for both mothers and fetuses remains higher compared to natural childbirth.
Dangers to the Mother
1. Cesarean section is a major surgical procedure, generally involving bleeding of over 300 milliliters and requiring epidural anesthesia or general anesthesia. For the mother, it is both a physical and psychological trauma.
2. There is a high risk of complications, such as anesthetic accidents, intraoperative injury to the uterus or surrounding organs, severe bleeding, and infection. Postoperative recovery time is also longer.
3. Cesarean section has many surgical complications. Intraoperative complications include supine hypotensive syndrome, abnormal intraoperative bleeding, hypovolemic shock, amniotic fluid embolism, and surgical injury. Postoperative complications include fever, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, wound dehiscence, diffuse peritonitis, thrombophlebitis, uterine incision infection and dehiscence, postpartum hemorrhage, and uterine resection.
4. If a second child is desired, a second cesarean section is required. If vaginal delivery is chosen, there is a risk of uterine rupture.
5. Data from both domestic and international studies show that the relative risk of maternal death during cesarean section is more than seven times higher than during vaginal delivery. The incidence of postoperative pelvic inflammatory disease, menstrual disorders, lower back pain, and ectopic pregnancy is significantly higher than in natural childbirth.
Dangers to the Infant
Children born via cesarean section often have sensory integration disorders.
Over 30 years ago, Dr. Ayesha at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles discovered during medical practice that about 10% of schoolchildren, despite having normal or even above-average intelligence, exhibited hyperactivity, attention deficits, clumsiness, irritability, and abnormal behavior. Later, Dr. Ayesha found that these children suffered from sensory integration disorders, which prevent sensory information from forming effective combinations in the brain, similar to a traffic control failure.
What is worth noting is that studies by scholars both in China and abroad have found that a significant portion of children with sensory integration disorders are born via cesarean section. Moreover, the sensory integration disorders in cesarean-born children are primarily tactile defensiveness (or hypoesthesia) and proprioceptive dysfunction. If crawling is insufficient, multiple types of integration disorders may occur.
Cesarean-born children are prone to pulmonary edema syndrome
Children born vaginally benefit from two mechanisms:
1. Before delivery, the fetus's chest cavity contracts along with the uterus, exercising the lungs and preparing for autonomous breathing after birth.
2. The pressure from passing through the birth canal helps expel amniotic fluid and mucus absorbed by the fetus in the womb, thus preventing complications such as neonatal pulmonary edema.
Cesarean-born children have lower emotional intelligence and learning difficulties
Most cesarean-born children are timid, irritable, poor at social interaction, and have poor adaptability. They often exhibit learning disabilities such as language and mathematical difficulties, school phobia, etc. According to a survey of primary schools in Haidian District, Beijing, some second and third graders frequently daydream in class, perform poorly academically, and have significantly weaker memory and comprehension skills compared to their peers, as well as poorer motor coordination. What could be the reason? Let the teachers