When it comes to celiac disease risk, an elective or planned
C-section creates a much greater incidence of celiac disease
than an emergency one. A natural, vaginal birth is probably
every mother’s plan, but C-sections, at an increased rate, have
become a fact of life. In a recent study (October 2011)
published in Gastroenterology, titled “Pregnancy outcome and
risk of celiac disease in offspring: A nation-wide case-control
study”, Dr Ludvigsson, an avid researcher in the field
discovered a rather unexpected result associated with children
delivered by cesarean section. The study of over 11,000 patients
with biopsy-proven celiac disease and close to 54,000 controls,
were examined based on the type of birth they experienced. The
study showed an outstanding 15% increase risk in those born
through elective or planned C-section over those born via an
emergency cesarean. In fact there was no increased risk found
for those individuals born from an emergency C-section. Why the
vast difference? The reason for the disp