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Florida Moms to Be- Is Natural Birth Possible?

wcamiwcami member
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Hey Moms to be in Florida... I want a natural birth and will be opting to have little to no interventions. I was combing the internet on natural births and found alarming statistics for women who give birth in the state of florida.. I saw that even one hospital Kendall Regional Medical Center had a 71% cesarean rate... This or course scared me. I just wanted to get some advice from any women in florida who have giving birth naturally what ways to prevent this from happening to me unless the baby is breached or the umblical cord is wrapped around it's neck? Thanks

PS. I have included a link to the rates of all the hospitals in florida so any expectant Mothers if you interested in where your hospital stands check it out.

https://www.theunnecesarean.com/blog/2010/3/21/florida-cesarean-rates-by-hospital-2008.html


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  • kirkie2023kirkie2023
    Have you tried researching birthing centers in your area? I live in FL and the birthing center that I go to is ran by midwives but backed by an OB that has privileges at our local hospital in case of any emergencies. They take insurance as well and offer classes like Hypnobirthing and breast feeding classes. Maybe something to look into but I'm sure you can find a hospital that will suit your needs. It just takes some research.

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  • KateLouiseKateLouise member

    Something else to consider with statistics is what else is going on in this picture?

    Where I am, the local hospital has one of the higheset c-section rates in the country. BUT we're the only region that has two free standing birth centres nearby the hospital, that are free. So naturally lots of low risk women go to the birth centres, and the hospital gets all the high risk cases. We are also the major hospital for lots of smaller towns that might have birth centres, but no other hospital facility, so the hospital also attracts high risk women from surrounding areas. So of course the stats for c-sections are skewed.

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  • aylafsu88aylafsu88 member
    It is a bit scary! I am shocked at some of these rates. I am a FL mom and live in the panhandle.  I had a wonderful, intervention free hospital birth.  It can be done!  Find a care provider who supports natural birth and set yourself up with a great support system (doula, mom, friend, H/SO).  There are a few things that you can do to prevent interventions. Be sure to labor at home as long as possible.  The less time you are in the hospital the less interventions they can push on you.  Make your support person knows your wishes and is willing to coveny them to staff in the hospital.  It takes a lot of stress of just knowing that your support person is aware of what you want.  GL!
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  • rooftoprooftop member
    I'm not from florida but many things that will help with having a natural birth apply anywhere you live. The most important one being educate yourself. You will be more confidant in your body's ability and less likely to get bullied into unnecessary interventions if you can make informed decisions. Did you know that neither example you used should always necessitate a c-section? Do you know the theory of a cascade of interventions? Maybe look into correlating data to see what leads to so many c-sects; Is it just that the hospital attracts high risk or does it have standard procedures or policies that lead to the increased rate. Knowledge is your greatest tool.

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  • hislitlprincesshislitlprincess member
    I am in Central Florida and I will be delivering (as long as everything goes well) at a birthing center near me. The midwives are phenomenal. You might want to look into that option like PP said. Also, at least in my area, a lot of hospitals are becoming more open minded and approaching less interventions.  
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  • crunchettacrunchetta member
    Lurker here. I'm in Central Florida. I know that there are several birth centers in the Orlando area that are natural birth/water birth/etc friendly. I'm planning on giving birth in a hospital and our prepared childbirth teacher at the hospital seemed to think it was quite possible to have a labor and birth at the hospital without too many interventions (they do require a hep-lock or IV). Also, when I looked at the c-section rate list, I noticed that the hospital in our area where most/many high risk women deliver had a higher c-section rate which makes sense. Also, there are some cultural variations I've heard about in terms of preferences for a c-section that might affect the rates at some hospitals.
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