Doctors should counsel expectant parents on the risks that alternative birthing choices could pose to babies, a new report said.
that prevents gonococcal ophthalmia, an infection with the potential to cause blindness if untreated.
Dr. Alison G. Cahill, chair of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ Clinical Consensus Committee — Obstetrics, praised the report for the “terrific amount of guidance” it offers physicians who speak with expectant parents. But the president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Catherine Collins-Fulea, said she saw the report as “kind of one-sided” and suggested that anecdotal case reports on birthing choices should not be generalized. Many aspects of giving birth, she said, cannot be studied well through clinical trials, but that doesn’t necessarily mean birthing options cannot be safely presented to expectant parents.
Both Collins-Fulea and Cahill said they have observed an increase in inquiries from expectant parents about many of the trends listed in the report, particularly vaginal seeding as theWhile the report did not endorse vaginal seeding, Cahill said she could eventually see it being accepted as beneficial within the medical community, if more research proves it to be so.
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