Continuing with the campaigns that are being carried out in the Respected Delivery Week which is celebrated from May 11 to 17 under the slogan "For the Urgent Decrease in Unnecessary Caesarean sections" I present this announcement made by Relacahupan, the Latin American and Caribbean Network for the Humanization of Childbirth and Birth. They ask us if we have ever thought that like the gorilla, the yacaré or the blue whale women who can give birth by natural birth are an endangered species.
The caesarean epidemic unnecessary is the objective of this and other campaigns that want to promote greater social awareness about the seriousness of this problem and its implications for maternal and child health and for women's freedom.
It is absolutely impossible that 20, 30 and up to 50% of women cannot give birth vaginally. We would have died out in the face of such a design flaw in Nature. So, as they ask from Relacahupan, let's stop this epidemic that will turn women able to give birth into an extinct species.
From Relacahupan we have launched a Campaign within the framework of the World Week for a Respected Birth 2009, with the firm objective of alerting about the dramatic situation of the caesarean epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in the rest of the world. The Oms (World Health Organization) recommends having a rate less than 10-15% of C-sections. There are institutions that exceed 80%. These indexes increase on the eve of holidays and Christmas and New Year's Eve. It is appropriate to remember that caesarean section is a major surgery operation that carries more risks than a vaginal birth for both the mother and the baby.
There will be more actions in this regard, since this year the motto demands that the cesarean section rate be reduced rapidly. Situations such as those of the Puertollano Hospital are intolerable violations of women's freedom to decide and respect for a dignified birth.
