According to researchers in the United Kingdom, there are some benefits to a cesarean section, h medical experts say the surgery still shouldn’t be done unless necessary.

However, medical experts warn that it doesn’t mean you should schedule the operation unless it’s necessary.

A study in PLOS Medicine concluded that women who have C-sections deliveries have a lower risk of urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse.

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Dr. Sarah Stock, who studies preterm birth at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and her team looked at one controlled trial and 79 group studies involving nearly 30 million women.

The studies looked at long-term results of women who had the surgery compared to those who delivered through the vaginal.

They discovered that babies delivered through C-section had an increased risk of asthma for up to 12 years and an increased risk of obesity for up to 5 years of age.

Dangers and Profits of C-sections
Dr. Neil S. Seligman, an OB-GYN at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, said there are a few potential benefits to having a C-section.

Most C-sections are scheduled during the 39th week of pregnancy, so doctors know within minutes of delivery if the infant needs surgery for problems such as congenital heart disease.

A scheduled cesarean section also lowers the risk of birth injuries such as asphyxia (oxygen deprivation), shoulder dystocia, and fractures, Seligman added. For women have had surgery for incontinence before pregnancy, undergoing a C-section may be ideal in order to prevent re-injury. There are dangers associated with having a C-section, especially if the woman has future pregnancies.

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Miscarriages and placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervical opening) are risks associated with having a C-section.

In addition, women who have C-sections are also at an increased risk for placenta accreta (when blood vessels grow deeply into the uterine wall and don’t easily detach during delivery) and placental abruption (when the placenta detaches from the womb).

In the case of placenta accreta, a hysterectomy must be performed after delivery, Seligman said.

Also there’s a rare snag called a cesarean scar pregnancy, a type of ectopic pregnancy that forms on the old cesarean delivery scar.

Scar tissue from a C-section can make successive deliveries more problematic since it increases the risk of excessive bleeding and bowel or bladder injuries.

C-sections on the rise
Caesarean deliveries have become most sought after globally, especially those performed when not medically needed.

According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in three births in the United States is through C-section. That rate has soared from about 5 percent in 1970 to 20 percent in 1996 to 32 percent in 2015.

“There is an exaggerated perception of the safety of cesarean section to [an] extent that is viewed as essentially risk-free. But it’s major abdominal surgery and complications are going to happen” Seligman said.

“Thankfully, the risk of most major complications is low, but at a high-volume hospital, complications are a reality that can have a significant impact, among other things, interfering with breastfeeding, bonding with the baby, and can spark postpartum depression.”

“Once you put a hole in the uterus there’s no going back,” he added. “It will always be an issue that needs to be addressed in future pregnancies so it’s essential that the decision to pick up a knife is a well thought out one by both the physician and the patient,” Seligman added.
Source: http://www.healthdiary365.com/2018/02/04/researchers-claim-there-are-some-benefits-to-c-sections/

Lol the benefit is ur wife tin no go dey stretch. And u go dey enjoy am wella....dou e fit come back to default if she gave birth naturally. ..but still e better mey dem do her c-section(if u have d money)

Some babies have a very big head sef