Category Archives: childbirth

Eating and Drinking During Labor is OK

For years women laboring in a hospital setting have been told that it is dangerous to eat and drink during labor. There have been fears that a woman could aspirate the food into her lungs after receiving general anesthesia during childbirth. Unfortunately, the lack of food makes women become tired during long labors. This can [...]

New Guidelines For Breech Births In Canada

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Common medical thought has long been that babies in the breech position, feet or butt first, should be delivered by cesarean section. Few doctors today are even trained in how to deliver a breech baby vaginally. In Canada however, that will soon change.
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada has [...]