Women & Infants Hospital will work with other institutions to reduce frequency of primary cesarean deliveries

PROVIDENCE – With about one-third of babies born by cesarean delivery (colloquially called a “C-section”) in the United States, experts are looking to evaluate whether this delivery method may be overused at times, given the rapid increase in cesarean birth rates during the past decade.
Women & Infants Hospital, a Care New England hospital, has been chosen to participate in the American College of Nurse-Midwives’ Reducing Primary Cesareans Project, the hospital reported in a statement. It is working with other hospitals from across the country and the college to improve outcomes for mothers and families by focusing on reducing the incidence of first cesarean sections in low-risk women who have never given birth.
“Our team of academic and community-based midwives is thrilled to champion this inter-professional opportunity to strengthen our current knowledge of what promotes healthy labor and birth,” Elisabeth Howard, director of nurse midwifery in the hospital’s department of obstetrics and gynecology and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology (clinical) at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, said in a statement from Women & Infants Hospital. “As providers, midwives possess considerable expertise in physiologic approaches to the care of women during childbirth. We look forward to working with others both here and around the country to identify the optimal care practices that will lead to a reduction in the cesarean section rate.”

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