All Posts Tagged With: "Cesearean Section"

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Feb
2009

60-year-old Calgary Mother Welcomes Twins

Another 60 year old mom has delivered twins after successfully undergoing IVF treatment. Ranjit Hayer, tried for decades to have a child, enduring multiple miscarriages, surgery, even the trauma of being robbed by a fertility doctor.
She is believed to be among the oldest Canadian women to give birth.
The twin boys arrived seven weeks [...]

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7
Nov
2008

Breech Baby 101

Even though I am into my 3rd trimester, the thought of having a breech baby hadn’t occurred to me until I read an article about it while waiting for my OB.

Because my last guy arrived so early, complications like feet first hadn’t even occurred to me until today.

While breech babies only make up for about [...]

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4
Nov
2008

20 Test-Tube Babies Born In One Day

October 30 was a busy day a the Sudha Hi-Tech IVF hospital in Erode, India.
As many as 20 test-tube babies were delivered through caesarean section at the private hospital.
The director of the hospital, Dr. S. Dhanabhagyam, did not wish to create a sensation around the feat, it was a ‘superstition’ that led to the [...]

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4
Sep
2008

Study: Mothers Bond Better with Babies Born Naturally

A new study reveals that women who have a natural birth form stronger bonds with their babies than those who deliver by Caesarean section.
Stimulation of the cervix and vagina during natural birth releases hormones that generate powerful feelings critical to a woman’s performance as a mother immediately after delivery.
But a Caesarean delivery in which the [...]

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