Are C-sections the best birth option once women hit 39 weeks?
A major Australian study shows that planned intervention reduces deaths and adverse outcomes.
Planned birth in the 39th week of pregnancy reduces perinatal mortality compared with expectant management even among low-risk women, a major study shows.
In findings at odds with prevailing concern about caesarean section rates, the researchers found that C-sections were associated with fewer adverse events than labour induction.
