1. Another report concerned the safety of vaginal delivery for women who previously had a Caesarean. 2. Both had had normal vaginal deliveries and died of air embolisms, air bubbles in the major arteries to the heart and brain. 3. ... make vaginal delivery risky. 4. Driving this turnaround are several recent reports that question the safety of vaginal deliveries in certain circumstances. 5. For a vaginal delivery of a baby, an anesthesiologist charges a standardized five base units plus a certain number of units an hour, often four. 6. Frigoletto also found evidence that obstetricians are performing more vaginal deliveries with forceps or vacuum extraction. 7. Generally, women should strive for a vaginal delivery but never insist on it when the attending physician recommends against it. 8. He told her that she had a greater chance for complications, including hemorrhage, infection and death, from a Caesarean section than from vaginal delivery. 9. He proposed that the risks, benefits and costs of Caesarean section and vaginal delivery were so balanced that perhaps it was time to give women the choice. 10. Hospitals and insurance companies cite the higher cost of Caesareans compared with vaginal deliveries. |