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Cesarean Section: A Case Study

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From a clinical perspective a cesarean delivery (Cesarean section or “C-section”) is the delivery of the baby through an incision in the abdomen and through an incision in the uterus. However, from a maternal perspective, a cesarean is not just a routine medical procedure, it is the emotional, long-anticipated arrival of an infant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 1/3 of all babies born in the United States are delivered surgically, making cesareans one of most common operating room procedures. In recent years, some hospitals have begun to implement small, but significant changes to the cesarean. The goal of the “gentle cesarean”, sometimes also referred to as “family-centered cesarean”, is to make the procedure …show more content…

Despite overwhelming supportive evidence for initiating early skin-to-skin contact (sometimes referred to as kangaroo care), and couplet care, in which mothers and infants room together for their entire hospital stay, many hospitals have continued the long-standing tradition of separating the mothers from their infants after cesarean delivery. For this paper I examined four recent article to compare to the conclusion drawn by McClellan and Ciabanca’s research. All of the articles I reviewed support the idea that “what mothers and babies need most after birth is each other, with unlimited opportunities for skin-to-skin care and breastfeeding” (Crenshaw, 2014,p.216). One article in particular summarizes this idea very well when it …show more content…

Their research offers 5 years of practical experience and the best and largest sample size of 144. At the urging of a statewide advocacy group, and because all available evidence suggests only benefits and no known adverse outcomes from immediate skin-to-skin contact, their hospital, which is associated with Brown University, was the first in the United States to implement gentle cesareans as a standard of care. Based on my research, it appears that they are one of a very small number of facilities that offer this standard of care today. Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, where they practice, developed a written protocol for gentle cesareans in 2009. The written protocol for their gentle cesarean initiative was developed by a team of experts, and drew on existing strategies for improving patient experience, as well as the team’s experience in what would have the most impact in their

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