Wonderful Women Wednesday: C-Sections Linked to Cervix Length
New research shows that doctors have a new method of determining if a pregnant woman will need to have a C-Section - the length of her cervix. Currently, some doctors have been determining the need for C-Sections by using age, weight and other risk factors.
The cervix closes off the uterus, where the baby is growing. Researchers in Britain say their study of more than 27,000 pregnancies found that women with the longest cervixes were more likely to need surgery to deliver their child.
Dr. Gordon Smith of Cambridge University, whose team led the study, said:
“Rates of Cesarean delivery started to rise at a cervical length of 25 millimeters and plateaued at a cervical length of 50 millimeters, approximately doubling across the range of observed values.”
The rate of C-Sections were as follows from the study (an inch = 25 mm):
- 25.7% for a woman with a cervix between 40 - 67 mm
- 21.7% for a woman with a cervix between 36 - 39 mm
- 18.4% for a woman with a cervix between 31 - 35 mm
- 16% for a woman with a cerix between 16 - 30 mm
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