C-Section/Induction Rates

chucknorris11 · June 2009

How important are these to you in regard to your hospital? My mom is the OR Manager at the hospital I plan to deliver at, and she looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked her what their C-section/induction rate was.

I did find out that it is 9% (100 for every 1200 births). Is this good/bad/normal?

Just curious!

FLVintageBride · June 2009

Well, that's definitely well below the national average. I'd consider it pretty good for a hospital in the U.S.

AJluvsLI · June 2009

I don't really think the c-section/induction rate for the hospital matters as much as the percentage of c-sections done by the doctor who is delivering your baby.

You can usually call your clinic to get the information for the doctor.

ToledoDeux · June 2009

9% is very, very good. The WHO recommends a c-section rate of no higher than 15%.

eee23 · June 2009

I asked my dr what his c-section was and he told me half the national avg. That made me happy until I ended up having to have an emergency c with my DD. Hopefully, this time I can vag it!

McKenna81 · June 2009

How would I go about finding this out? Would I call the hospital's labor and delivery ward?

chucknorris11 · June 2009

McKenna81:
How would I go about finding this out? Would I call the hospital's labor and delivery ward?

My mom told me, but my guess would be that your OB would know or the Labor/Delivery dept of the hospital...but I am not totally sure

mattsbride2006 · June 2009

My best friend just had her baby this weekend. All the nurses at the hospital were shocked that her water had already broken and that she went into labor ON HER OWN. They said now days almost everyone is induced and have their water broken medically.

sam19 · June 2009

This is extremely important to me because I plan to go naturally. I know it is normal for my OB to let women go to 42 weeks, unless there is a medical reason to induce labor (and I don't consider a "big" baby to be a medical reason unless you have GD)

LizBusch · June 2009

9% is good.

it WOULD influence my decision if we had more than one hospital in the town we live in.

merjmm · June 2009

FLVintageBride:
Well, that's definitely well below the national average. I'd consider it pretty good for a hospital in the U.S.

I agree!

merjmm · June 2009

McKenna81:
How would I go about finding this out? Would I call the hospital's labor and delivery ward?

You can also contact your state board of health.

chiromommyMichelle · June 2009

9% is phenomenal!

smilelari · June 2009

Most hospitals will not give you this information and most states do not require reporting to the state

BlairWaldorf · June 2009

I'd be less concerned with the hospital's c-section rate & more concerned with the c-section rate of your delivering OB.

smilelari · June 2009

BlairWaldorf:
I'd be less concerned with the hospital's c-section rate & more concerned with the c-section rate of your delivering OB.

That depends on why you're asking, IMO

If you're strictly trying to avoid a c-section, then yeah. But hospitals with low c-section rates also tend to have low intervention rates overall. I would think that would make it a more mother friendly hospital where you would be more likely to find a nurse that will work with you on achieving a med free birth

ToledoDeux · June 2009

smilelari:
BlairWaldorf:
I'd be less concerned with the hospital's c-section rate & more concerned with the c-section rate of your delivering OB.

That depends on why you're asking, IMO

If you're strictly trying to avoid a c-section, then yeah. But hospitals with low c-section rates also tend to have low intervention rates overall. I would think that would make it a more mother friendly hospital where you would be more likely to find a nurse that will work with you on achieving a med free birth

Exactly - well put.

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