Is cesarean section better or vaginal birth better?

Before giving birth, many pregnant mothers will consider the question of whether natural birth or cesarean section is better. Now many pregnant mothers do not know whether their children need natural birth or cesarean section. Natural birth cannot tolerate the pain brought by delivery and may also cause some perineal tears. If a cesarean section is performed, it may cause some other complications, so this issue is still a rather confusing issue.

The advantages of natural childbirth are more common. The main advantage of natural childbirth is that it is better for the body, and the recovery after childbirth is faster, and you can eat immediately. The main purpose of cesarean section is to give birth to the baby more safely, but natural childbirth generally causes some pain, so in our daily life we ​​can choose cesarean section or natural childbirth according to our physical condition.

The benefits of cesarean section: to give birth to the baby more safely

1. When vaginal delivery is absolutely impossible for some reason, a caesarean section can save the lives of mother and baby.

A cesarean section is necessary when vaginal delivery is not possible or when vaginal delivery may be dangerous to the mother or the newborn (fetus). Under what circumstances does a pregnant woman need to undergo a caesarean section to achieve satisfactory results for both mother and baby? These special circumstances are what we often refer to as indications for caesarean section.

2. The indications for cesarean section are clear, and anesthesia and surgery are generally smooth.

3. If an elective caesarean section is performed, the operation can be performed before uterine contractions begin, thus sparing the mother the pain of labor.

4. If there are other diseases in the abdominal cavity, they can also be treated together. For example, combined with ovarian tumors or subserosal uterine fibroids, they can all be removed at the same time.

5. It is also very convenient to perform ligation surgery.

6. In cases where it is not suitable to retain the uterus, such as severe infection, incomplete uterine rupture, multiple uterine fibroids, etc., the uterus can also be removed at the same time.

7. Due to the improvement in the safety of cesarean section in recent years, many clinicians have chosen cesarean section to treat pregnancy complications and terminate pregnancy, reducing the impact of complications and diseases on mother and baby.

Benefits of natural childbirth:

1. Quick recovery after childbirth. You can get out of bed and walk on the day of delivery. Generally, patients can be discharged from the hospital within 3-5 days, and the cost is relatively low.

2. You can eat immediately after delivery and breastfeed.

3. There is only a wound in the perineum.

4. Fewer complications.

5. For babies, their lung function is exercised when they come out of the birth canal, and their skin nerve endings are stimulated and massaged, so their nervous and sensory systems develop better, and the overall body function also develops better.

6. The abdomen recovers quickly and can return to its original flatness soon.

7. The anesthetic will not harm the child’s nerves.

The above is which is better, cesarean section or natural birth. The advantages of cesarean section: in order to give birth to the baby more safely, natural birth has a faster recovery after delivery and fewer complications. Natural birth cannot tolerate some of the pain brought by delivery, and it will also cause some perineum tears. If a cesarean section is performed, it may cause some other complications. In fact, natural birth and cesarean section have their own advantages. It depends on the situation of the pregnant woman to make a more correct choice.