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| | | Dr Mark Porter gives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tackles a particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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Caesarean Sections
Nearly a quarter of all births in the UK are delivered by Caesarean Section. Is it because women are too posh to push? Are Caesareans medically necessary?
Dr Mark Porter investigates the reasons for C-sections and the medical consequences for the mothers and babies.
His guest in the studio is Mr Patrick O’Brien, a consultant obstetrician at University College London Hospitals.
Mark visits St Mary’s Maternity Hospital in Portsmouth, where one in four pregnancies end in Caesarean section - the same as the national average, to find out what's behind the increase in C-sections.
He also travels to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shropshire where less that 12% of mothers gave birth via Caesarean section in 2006 to find out how the maternity unit there achieved such low figures.
Jane Jempson, Matron at St Mary’s Maternity Hospital, explains what happens after having a Caesarean, and we hear listeners' experiences of the procedure. | | |
RELATED LINKS
Caesarean and VBAC Information
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
National Childbirth Trust
BBC Parenting: Having a Caesarean Section
BBC Radio 4: The Battle for Birth
NetDoctor
Dr Foster
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