In describing active management, one of its practitioners says: «Twelve hours is considered the maximum safe duration
of spontaneous labor and cesarean section is performed unless delivery is imminent at that time» (O'Herlihy).
As the others have stated, MANA clearly stated these babies were alive at the onset
of spontaneous labor (or maybe induced with «herbal therapies» at home like black and blue cohosh, EPO, sex, rebozo scarf, sweeping membranes).
Not exact matches
The midwives value
spontaneous labor because the risk
of c - sections is less, and the risk
of postpartum hemorrhage is less and because they go much smoother when they are
spontaneous.
Please show me where induced
labor pains are worse than
spontaneous labor pains
of the same frequency!
And just in case you need some convincing, research (like this and this and this) has shown that women supported by a doula are: * more likely to have a
spontaneous vaginal birth * less likely to ask for pain medication * less likely to have a cesarean birth * more likely to report a positive birth experience * more likely to have a decrease length
of labor
Labor induction has been increasing since the early 1990s, 1 and the rate is running at about 20 % for pregnancies at term.2, 3 Induction of labor compared with spontaneous labor is associated with adverse maternal outcomes, including at least a doubling in the caesarean delivery rate, 4,5 25 — 50 % increase in instrumental vaginal delivery rate, 3,5 higher postpartum hemorrhage rate, 5 and prolonged labor.5 Neonates born after induced labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood
Labor induction has been increasing since the early 1990s, 1 and the rate is running at about 20 % for pregnancies at term.2, 3 Induction
of labor compared with spontaneous labor is associated with adverse maternal outcomes, including at least a doubling in the caesarean delivery rate, 4,5 25 — 50 % increase in instrumental vaginal delivery rate, 3,5 higher postpartum hemorrhage rate, 5 and prolonged labor.5 Neonates born after induced labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood
labor compared with
spontaneous labor is associated with adverse maternal outcomes, including at least a doubling in the caesarean delivery rate, 4,5 25 — 50 % increase in instrumental vaginal delivery rate, 3,5 higher postpartum hemorrhage rate, 5 and prolonged labor.5 Neonates born after induced labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood
labor is associated with adverse maternal outcomes, including at least a doubling in the caesarean delivery rate, 4,5 25 — 50 % increase in instrumental vaginal delivery rate, 3,5 higher postpartum hemorrhage rate, 5 and prolonged
labor.5 Neonates born after induced labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood
labor.5 Neonates born after induced
labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood
labor are more likely to have low Apgar score and low umbilical cord blood pH. 5
The estimated due date (EDD or EDC) is the date that the
spontaneous onset
of labor is expected to happen.
Compared to children born vaginally following
spontaneous labor, the combined adjusted relative risk
of being «developmentally high risk» was 26 per cent higher for a planned birth at 37 weeks and 13 per cent higher at 38 weeks.
An additional study
of 1,014 women conducted by different authors demonstrated that using the same criteria in women with
spontaneous labor or induced
labor would lead to a significantly higher proportion
of women achieving vaginal delivery with no increase in neonatal complications (24).
Compared to children born vaginally following
spontaneous labor, the adjusted relative risk
of being «developmentally high risk» was seven per cent higher for
labor induction or pre-
labor cesarean section.
A number
of the stories Dr. Amy has shared have involved women planning homebirths who have gone past their due dates and suffered
spontaneous stillbirths while waiting to go in to
labor.
Comparison
of a novel test for placental alpha microglobulin - 1 with fetal fibronectin and cervical length measurement for the prediction
of imminent
spontaneous preterm delivery in patients with threatened preterm
labor
A
spontaneous rupture
of membranes as the first sign
of labor, happens less often than you might think.
Moreover, when compared with
spontaneous labor, induced
labor is associated with a lower likelihood
of achieving VBAC (45, 48, 101, 106), and some evidence suggests that this is the case whether the cervix is favorable or unfavorable (although an unfavorable cervix further decreases the chance
of success)(100, 107, 108).
In patients after 28 weeks
of gestation with an intrauterine fetal demise and a prior cesarean scar, cervical ripening with a transcervical Foley catheter has been associated with uterine rupture rates comparable with
spontaneous labor (106, 114, 149, 150), and this may be a helpful adjunct in patients with an unfavorable cervical examination.
A large multicenter study
of women attempting TOLAC (n = 33,699) also showed that augmentation or induction
of labor was associated with an increased risk
of uterine rupture when compared with
spontaneous labor (1.4 % for induction with prostaglandins with or without oxytocin, 1.1 % for oxytocin alone, 0.9 % for augmented
labor, and 0.4 % for
spontaneous labor).
Two retrospective cohort studies demonstrated no increase in the risk
of uterine rupture (101, 113), whereas another retrospective cohort study reported an increase compared with women in
spontaneous labor (114).
Similarly, there is consistent evidence that women who undergo
labor induction or augmentation are less likely to achieve VBAC than women with fetuses
of the same gestational age in
spontaneous labor without augmentation (45 — 48).
We have little ability to quantify maternal risks
of uterine rupture and other maternal morbidities when a women with three or more prior cesareans desires
spontaneous labor.
Additionally, women who await
spontaneous labor after 40 weeks
of labor are less likely to find success, but their risk
of rupture has not demonstrated to be higher (ACOG, 2004).
We just don't have data here to quantify the maternal risks
of uterine rupture or other maternal morbidities when women with three or more prior cesareans desire
spontaneous labor.
In 2012, the National Library
of Medicine National Institute
of Health published the results
of a study finding that women who received continuous
labor support were more likely to have
spontaneous vaginal births and less likely to have any pain medication, epidurals, negative feelings about childbirth, vacuum or forceps - assisted births, and C - sections.
Material alignment, a new body
of black - and - white grid paintings, can likewise be seen to present a visual analogy
of the artist's working methods with their oscillation between
labor - intensive production and
spontaneous improvisation.