Tag: delivery

Conference Organized by WOMEN & BIRTH Photography The title: Kindness in C-section birth, the new challenge The event is an afternoon of conferences at the Raoul Mille library. Here is the detailed program (the order of conferences may be modified) 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM: “the concept of abdominal delivery (Abdominal Birth Concept)” Dr. Luka Velemir, obstetric surgeon, on behalf

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Each month, Libération reports on the stories that made headlines for women, their health, their freedoms, and their rights. Thirty-second episode: April 2018.

In France, one in five babies is born via C-section. That’s twice as many as in the early 80s.

Whether scheduled before delivery or decided by the doctor when labor has already begun, the C-section is performed when a vaginal delivery proves too risky. How is it performed? Is it painful? How to recover? Answers and testimonials.

C-section births account for a quarter of all births in France. While undeniable medical progress has made this procedure increasingly safe, mothers’ experiences still remain problematic. Dr. Luka Velemir, Surgeon, Gynecologist, and Obstetrician in Nice, advocates for an evolution of practices.

C-section birth has become a major challenge of the 21st century, and how a compassionate approach could be implemented for women.

A gynecologist-obstetrician surgeon, in private practice in Nice since 2010, he works to free women from societal and cultural prejudices and help them experience their C-section serenely as a true birth. Among the 10 doctors in the world to practice Fauck’s innovative extraperitoneal C-section technique, Dr. Velemir advocates, through a charter, for a compassionate C-section practice.