In child bearing via the vaginal passage method, this will always be the greatest wish of every mother. The greatest concern of all mothers to be and the medical specialists are the successful delivery of the child.
Vaginal Birth as opposed to abdominal birth or caesarean section method has been described throughout ages as nature’s stunning process. This is a marvellous natural process which delivers the
baby and at the same time, spares the mother of a very hard operation via caesarean section and gives the benefit of rearing the offspring right after delivery. However, there are circumstances where the normal process of vaginal birth has given way to a more unorthodox method of caesarean section and other surgical operations.
Choice of Vaginal Birth: Is Vaginal Birth a matter of choice? The answer to this question has been determined by the constant struggle in the women’s right campaigns that has given the mothers to have the right to choose whichever method she wishes to have her baby delivered.
The right to be aware of the risks and benefits of every procedure related to
childbirth. And the right to accept or deny procedures and to choose the methods which she thinks is best for her.
Meanwhile, several instances have propped up where
Vaginal Birth is proven worse. Complexities such as a rip of placenta, symptoms of fetal suffering and relatively small
birth canal have already given medicated delivery a preference over vaginal birth.
Attempts are being made at every level to educate women on the benefits of vaginal births over abdominal delivery. Statistics have proven that when given a choice of one method of birth over the other, most women especially in the developed countries will prefer abdominal delivery. This choice is however based on certain traditions about
Vaginal Birth.
Benefits of Vaginal Birth:
Regardless of the situation, every woman of childbearing age must know the following benefits about vaginal birth:
- Normal born babies delivered through vagina are always healthier than medically born babies such as those in test tubes experimentation or the child is premature. This is because they are born naturally by their mother as such they should be born. They have attained the required period of gestation. Medications may be dangerous to mother and child.
- Figures have shown that most medically delivered babies are born before maturity and even before labor. Studies have also shown that catecholamine is mostly found in children from Vaginal Birth. This contains a greater part of the hormones necessary for the baby’s survival and is secreted from mother to child in larger amounts during childbirth paving way for the baby’s survival outside the womb.
- Babies born from the vagina have stronger lungs adapted in time to carry oxygen to the body tissues. They will never be kept in test tubes or other intensive care units which may expose them to respiratory problems. Related to this is the fact that they enjoy early contact with their mothers after birth. It is disheartening to separate mother from child.
- Another advantage is that both mother and child leave hospital early. Medicated mothers and babies will have to be clinically examined and may at times be hospitalized to check for a number of newborn problems. This, of course will be more expensive. Non vaginal birth poses future complications to subsequent Pregnancies and childbirths. Think of the trauma, the scar and the complication that a medically complicated delivery might have left. Surgery is a psychological defeat to any woman.
Vaginal delivery is the real meaning of being a symbol in feminist movements in all women; it is a sense of fulfilment and an expression of sexuality and fertility of the woman. It is an opportunity for the woman to take complete control of the childbearing process.
