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NYC Hospital C Section Rates
Figured I'd post this for those who are interested:
https://www.choicesinchildbirth.org/resources/NYCSectionRates20002008.pdf
Re: NYC Hospital C Section Rates
Wow, that's pretty interesting, thanks.
I can't believe that RUMC is over 48%!! I'm glad to see though that SIUH has only gone up 1.15% in those 8 years. (both are SI hospitals)
I didn't read the article yet so forgive me if this makes no sense, but I wanted to post something that was pointed out to me at my birthing class at my hospital (which has a relatively high c-section rate).
The NICU at my hospital (North Shore) is amazing...because of this, they get a LOT of high risk pregnancies. They actually have a helipad on the roof where they fly in pg women who are in labor all the time, if they are deemed high risk and their baby will need a high level NICU. Because of this, c-section rates are higher than average, because of the number of high-risk pregnancies that specifically come to the hospital. I am sure the same is true of many of the large NYC hospitals.
They told us it's more important to look at your doc's own c-section rates, rather than the hospitals, because it is your doctor (and you) who will ulimately make the decision regarding your own pregnancy.
Anyway, not sure if that is relevant to the article at all, just throwing it out there!
It is amazing that they range from 15-almost 50%. I'm interested now after my husband encouraged me to watch the business of being born with him. But Mrs. Kocal, that does make sense that hospitals take high risk pregnancies would have higher rates.
That would be basing what you think of me as a teacher on my students' grades when I teach special education.
musiscout - was that movie amazing or what? It really makes me consider a natural birth. Watching those ladies home birth was such an experience.
It is a good point, but it doesn't really account for how high the numbers have gotten. There are so many reasons people end up having c-sections, and not all of them are truly necessary. For example, those growth ultrasounds where people learn they have huge babies that can't possibly be born vaginally, are incredibly inaccurate. I've heard of them being wrong by 3 pounds! Another reason for increased rates can be the more interventions you have, the more interventions you may need. My sister-in-law was having a textbook labor, progressing really well. Got to the hospital at 5 cm, had the epidural, and her labor stopped completely and her blood pressure dropped so she needed an emergency C. I'm not bashing epi's, I had one, and probably couldn't have pushed without it. I also had pitocin, but I waited as long as I possibly could to take the epi. Interventions lead to more interventions, which was my biggest fear about labor.
Also, I heard that around 12 hours is when the insurance companies start pushign for c-sections because they begin to lose money at that point.
But absolutely, your dr's rate is the most important thing!
Not that I know of, but you could definitely compare the level of NICU at the hospitals with higher rates to the leve of NICU at the hospitals with the lowest rates - that would probably tell you a lot!