After having two children naturally, I had no reason to think
that I would ever need a C-section. The first two pregnancies
were uneventful and my time in labor was short. But then,
everything changed. My third baby had to be taken via emergency
C-section. There was a medical emergency during delivery, and it
was my only option. I am grateful for the intervention, but a
new study points to potential long-term issues caused by
skipping the natural process. In my case, the natural process
would have ended poorly. C-sections impair progress The study
reported in The New Haven Register shows that a key protein is
activated in newborns during natural childbirth, but this
chemical is impaired in Caesarean section births. Tamas Horvath,
chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine at Yale
University School of Medicine, conducted the study and found
that when the protein does not kick off in its normal way,
physical progress in certain areas does not happen as it should.
Stress serves a purpose This protein, UC