{"id":65,"date":"2016-12-29T09:03:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T09:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.linuxfreakz.com\/combinedwomen\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2018-03-26T18:06:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T10:06:33","slug":"delivery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/obstetrics\/delivery\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Delivery (Vaginal Births and Caesarean Section)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pic_content170717_07_s1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Babies can enter this world in one of two ways: Pregnant women can have either a vaginal birth or a surgical delivery by Caesarean section, but the ultimate goal is to safely give birth to a healthy baby.<br \/>\nMost women are able to deliver their babies vaginally. In some cases, C- sections are necessary because of maternal condition (e.g. high blood pressure), fetal condition (e.g. a very large baby, if the baby not in a heads-down position), low-lying placenta etc.<\/p>\n<h3>How should we choose between vaginal births and Caesarean sections?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Vaginal births<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros\n<ul>\n<li>Shorter hospital stay and recovery time<\/li>\n<li>Avoid major surgery and its associated risks<\/li>\n<li>More early contact with the baby and can initiate breastfeeding sooner<\/li>\n<li>Babies less likely to suffer breathing problems at birth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cons\n<ul>\n<li>A risk that the skin and tissues around the vagina can stretch and tear and this could cause weakness or injury to pelvic muscles that control her urine and bowel function<\/li>\n<li>May have lingering pain in the area between her vagina and anus<\/li>\n<li>Baby may get injured during the birth process, e.g. bruised scalp or a fractured collarbone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>C- section<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros\n<ul>\n<li>Can be scheduled in advance, more convenient and predictable<\/li>\n<li>No need to go through a long labour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cons\n<ul>\n<li>Longer stay in hospital<\/li>\n<li>Wound pain, longer-lasting soreness<\/li>\n<li>Operative risks \u2013 bleeding, infection, injury to bowel or bladder, anesthesia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are willing to listen to your feeling and concern about the mode of delivery. Please feel free to discuss with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babies can enter this world in one of two ways: Pregnant women can have either a vaginal birth or a surgical delivery by Caesarean section, but the ultimate goal is to safely give birth to a healthy baby. Most women are able to deliver their babies vaginally. In some cases, C- sections are necessary because &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/obstetrics\/delivery\/?lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Delivery (Vaginal Births and Caesarean Section)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4179,"parent":57,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"custom.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6834,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/6834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.combinedwomen.hk\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}