The World Health Organization states that maternity care should aim to achieve a healthy mother & child with the least intervention possible.
Nearly half of all expectant mothers in the U.S. receive drugs to begin labor, more than half receive drugs to speed up labor & more than 80% receive drugs to dull labor pain.
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 90% of laboring mothers have their babies heart rates tracked continuously by EFMs.
Despite all these helpful interventions, the U.S. cesarean rate is at an all-time high: almost one third of American babies are born surgically. This far exceeds the 6% rate considered to be reasonable by the World Health Organization.
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