Caesarian Articles
These articles are concerned with the discussion that there are too many caesarians performed. The WHO World Health Organisation say that the caesarian rate should be no more than 10 - 15% yet in the UK the rate is as high as 50% in some hospitals.
| An article that says that 1 in 90 Caesareans end in a hysterectomy |
The Observer | |
| Caesarian rates 'should be cut' | BBC news | |
| Natural births are now minority | Daily Mail | |
| We haven't got time for the pain | Independent newspaper unfortuantely there is only a small proportion of the article, you have to PAY for the full version! Please contact me for further information. |
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| Having a baby by Caesarean - is it right for you? | Daily Mail by Rosalind Ryan | |
| 13 August 2001 | Call to ban caesareans | Manchester Metro by Wendy Vukosa |
| 24 April 2002 | £130,000 payout over mother who died in labour (actually never came round after anaesthetic for emergency caesarean) | Daily Mail by Richard Price r.price@dailymail.co.uk |
| 14 May 2002 | How I lost my faith in doctors Lady Alice Douglas's first baby died due to hospital error. Now, her daughter is haveing surgery to correct another medical mistake (cross ref pregnancy) | Daily Mail by Lady Alice Douglas |
| 13 June 2002 (page 1 and 4) | The demise of natural childbirth The 'social' caesareans | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 19 June 2003 (pages 48-49) | Nature or knife? This week MPs called for a halt o the massive increase in Caesarians. So should a woman have the right to choose? These mothers give their answers | Dail Mail Cherry Maslen meets four mothers |
| 21 October 2002 | Warnings as Caeareans soar to one birth in five | The Mail on Sunday by Rachl Ellis Medical Correspondent |
| 26 October 2001 | Fears for mothers as Caesarean rate soars past 1 in 5 | Daily Mail by Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent j.hope@dailymail.co.uk |
| 26 October 2001 | Why I as a doctor and a mother deplore this reckless fashion for Caesarean births... | Daily Mail by Dr Zoe Penn Consultant Obstetrician at Chelsea and Wstminster Hospital, London |
| 16 January 2002 | Mother died after private nurses failed to check her Wife had massive stroke as she recovered from having twins | Daily Mail by Tahira Yaqoob t.yaqoob@dailymail.co.uk |
| 19 January 2002 | A bill for my wife's death Fatal neglect then a £6,000 demand from top hospital | Daily Mail by Tom Rawstorne and Tahira Yaqoob t.yaqoob@dailymail.co.uk |
| 22 January 2002 | 12lb 4oz The baby proving a handful for his family | Daily Mail by Tahira Yaqoob t.yaqoob@dailymail.co.uk |
| 30 January 2002 | If the hospital had set out to kill my wife, they could not have done a better job | Daily Mail by Rebecca English r.english@dailymail.co.uk |
| 15 April 2002 | Second mother dies after birth at the Portland (minor comment 'a caesarean are 30 times more likly to need an emergency hysterectomy) | Daily Mail by Neil Sears n.sears@dailymail.co.uk |
| 16 April 2002 | Has the Cosmo culture ruined the miracle of birth? As the row over caesareans at private hospitals intensifies ... | Daily Mail by Mary Kenny |
| 18 April 2002 | Letters replying to article 16 April 2002 | |
| 22 April 2002 | Caesareans: A legacy of fear Caesareans and the legacy of fear Half of patients fail to have another child, says study | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 1 May 2002 (page 1 and 4) | Doctors now intervene in more than hald of NHS deliveries The demise of natural birth | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 20 May 2003 | Women
who give birth 'naturally' now in the minority |
Independent newspaper |
| 22 May 2002 | The Caesarean trap Babies 'at risk' if later births are natural | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 2 July 2002 | Peril of a caesarean Operation may make it harder to become pregnant | Daily Mail by Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent j.hope@dailymail.co.uk |
| 16 July 2002 | Soaring caesarians | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 27 July 2002 | Children to sue hospital over death of mother | Daily Mail by Beth Hale |
| 4 November 2002 | Insurer halts cover for Caesarian births 'We can't tell if they are necessary or a lifestyle choice' | Daily Mail by James Chapman Science correspondent j.chapman@dailymail.co.uk |
| 10 January 2003 | Scarred in the womb (babies injured in c/s) | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent and Pauline McInnes b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 15 January 2003 | 20-minute Caesarian | Daily Mail by James Chapman Science correspondent j.chapman@dailymail.co.uk |
| 27 February 2003 | Perverting of Parenthood The mystery of life has been reduced to court batles over mixed-up surgical dishes | Daily Mail (two separate articles) |
| 15 March 2003 | I woke in agony during caesarean but could not even cry for help | Daily Mail by Sinaed McIntyre |
| 22 April 2003 (page 39 Good Health) | Me and my operation Total Scar Reversion (eg for a caesarian scar) | Daily Mail Angela Neustatter |
| 17 May 2003 (page 47) | Scalpel-happy doctors help take caesareans to a new high (staff and bed shortages fuet rise in costly surgical deliveries) | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 18 June 2003 (page 24) |
Ban caesareans as a lifestyle choice for mothers, say MPs Women who copy stars send NHS bills soaring | Daily Mail by Tim Hall t.hall@dailymail.co.uk |
| 12 August 2003 (page 41 Good health) | My D.I.Y.* caesarean (*Yes I delivered him myself) | Daily Mail by Charlotte Dovey |
| 7 October 2003 (page 14) | My Caesarean hell Mother who felt surgeon's scalpel sues for £300,000 | Daily Mail by Charlie Bain c.bain@dailymail.co.uk |
| 1 November 2003 (page 9) | Wife who died minutes after giving birth Mother held baby for a few seconds before allergy killed her (c/s hyster) (cross ref hysterectomy) | Daily Mail by Liz Hull |
| 12 November 2003 (pages 1-2) | Pay for your caesarean EXCLUSIVE: NHS move to curb 'too post to push' mother | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 11 December 2003 (page 45) | The allergy that killed a wife and her newborn son Agony of husband, 26, as mother and baby die in Caesarean tragedy | Daily Mail reporter |
| 29 December 2003 (page 25) | Closure of midwife units 'is causing more Caesareans' | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |
| 14 January 2004 (page 38) | Fertility 'can be damaged' by Caesarean Alarm at increase in surgical deliveries | Daily Mail by Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent j.hope@dailymail.co.uk |
| 28 February 2004 (page 5) | Caesareans on demand are barred by the NHS | Daily Mail by Jenny Hope Medical Correspondent j.hope@dailymail.co.uk |
| 27 April 2004 (page 19) | Mother, 34, dies after Caesarean to save her baby An emergency operation that ended in tragedy | Daily Maill by Liz Hull |
| 28 April 2004 (page 1 and 4) | £5,000 bill for caesareans Doctors are ordered to restrict NHS surgical births | Daily Mail by Beezy Marsh Medical Reporter / Health Corresspondent b.marsh@dailymail.co.uk |