In recent years, more and more moms-to-be are opening up to alternative childbirth methods. A need to fully experience bringing a child into the world has caused new techniques to become more popular. One of these is what is known as a gentle C-section.
In a sense, a gentle C-section is more like a natural birth than a cesarean because the baby is allowed to crawl out of his or her mother’s womb instead of being yanked out in a routine elective or emergency cesarean.
“To be very clear, a gentle C-section is still surgery,” David Garfinkel, M.D. tells FitPregnancy.com. “In a traditional C-section, the baby is delivered quickly and handed to the pediatricians, but in a gentle C-section, the baby’s head is delivered, then slowly the rest of the body is delivered, allowing a bit of a squeeze to get that extra fluid from the lungs expelled, then the baby is placed on the mother’s chest and breastfeeding is initiated.”
He further explains that “there is no quickness elicited in cutting the cord; that procedure is delayed and the baby stays with the mother throughout the entire operative procedure.”
Though advocating for this type of delivery in no way favors C-sections over normal deliveries, doctors aim to present this as an option to improve the experience.”No one is trying to advocate for C-sections. We really don’t want to increase the cesarean rate, we just want to make it better for those who have to have it,” Dr. William Camann explains to NPR.
Dr. Jham Frank Lugo, an obstetrician from Venezuela favors gentle C-section and even shared some amazing footage on his own Instagram account. Be awed by the clips, below.
Gentle C-sections provide moms with a more “emotional experience”
Many view this type of birth as a “more emotional experience.” Dr. Garfinkel personally feels it “allows a woman to be almost as involved as if her birth was happening vaginally and I believe all women should be given the opportunity to be as much part of a part of their births as they want. It is my goal to ensure women don’t look at having a C-section as a failure.”
During a gentle C-section the mom is neither heavily sedated nor strapped down. This type of delivery also allows skin-to-skin contact to be initiated early.
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