Cesarean Section

A cesarean section, more commonly known as a C-section, is a surgical procedure in which a fetus is delivered via a hysterectomy rather than a more typical vaginal delivery procedure. Medical factors can be the number one leading cause of C-sections, treatment for abruptio placenta usually involves immediate delivery of the fetus by cesarean section if there are signs of fetal distress or if the expectant mother displays signs of hemorrhaging. When technology wasn’t so advanced as we have it today, there was only one way of delivering a baby. The process of a C-section is very simple. Most women are numbed from the waist down and not put to sleep. If you are planning to give birth vaginally but have had complications during birth or labor
Back in the day, doctors did not have very much knowledge or tools for birthing. If you were delivering a baby you were in the same room as other women at the time of birth. In the mid-1800s, many women went to the laying in hospital to wait for physicians to give birth. As surgeons' confidence in the outcome of their procedures increased, they turned their attention to other issues, including where to incise the uterus. A further modification vaginal cesarean section helped avoid peritonitis in patients who were already suffering from certain
While doctors and patients alike were encouraged by anesthesia to resort to cesarean section rather than craniotomy, mortality rates for the operation remained high, with the infections septicemia and peritonitis accounting for a large percentage of post-operative deaths. The development of cesarean section was influenced by the continued growth in number of hospitals, by significant demographic changes, and by numerous other factors including religion. C-sections are done by obstetricians and some family physicians. To prepare for the operation, an IV will be placed in a woman's arm or hand to give fluids and medications needed during surgery. A catheter was placed into a woman's bladder to remove urine, and it will stay for a day after the surgery. Women are usually given regional anesthesia, either an epidural block or a spinal block. Both numb the lower half of the body but will allow the mother to be awake when her baby is born. The obstetrician will use a knife to make a horizontal incision in the skin and the abdominal wall, usually along the bikini line, meaning that it's low enough down on the pelvis that it would be covered up by underwear or a bikini bottom. After the abdomen is opened, an incision is made in the uterus. Typically, a side-to-side cut is made, which ruptures the amniotic sac surrounding the