The Significance of Birth Intervention
Here at CJ Chiropractic, we see a LOT of prenatal mommas and help them prepare for birth that they desire and hope for! It is one of the most fulfilling populations that we see here in Colorado Springs, CO not only to support the mother (a blog for another time!) but to help protect the development and prevention of injury to their new born baby.
Birth intervention has been normalized in the United States and it shows! Cesarean rates were 32.1% in 2021 according to the CDC, vacuum extractions are 2.5% (reference from Cleveland University), and there really isn’t any sign of this slowing down. Many new parents see their child’s pediatrician afterwards and they may ask how birth went for mom and baby, but this question is really to check off a box on their intake and the significance of birth is not taken into much consideration in guiding care for your baby. Now before we get too sinical over the western medicine paradigm and start writing hate letters to your pediatrician, we must understand that functional neurology is not your pediatricion’s specialty. Many OB’s practice the way they do because that is the way they were taught. The significance of birth intervention is not discussed to the significance that it should be. Even the WHO (who we have our own bone to pick…) only recommends countries to keep their c-section rates to no more than 10-15% of all births; nearly half the rate that the United States is currently doing!!
Pediatric and prenatal chiropractic are becoming the leaders of advocacy for expecting mothers and their babies to improve birth outcomes, the health of mother’s recovery after birth, and the health and development of newborns. In this blog we will discuss the major neurological dysfunctions that can happen with birth and especially when birth intervention is involved so you can be armed with hope and information to do the best thing for you and your kids!