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Listening to Mothers Survey Results

"The second national U.S. Listening to Mothers survey was carried out in January-February 2006 among women who gave birth in 2005...1,574 women described their experiences planning pregnancy, being pregnant, giving birth and during the postpartum period." 75

The findings in summary:

Results from NIH (National Institutes of Health) conference in USA in March 2006

A panel of scientists assembled by the US National Institute of Health earlier this year called for further research into the effects, both positive and negative, of caesarean births and highlighted the need to improve the information available to women making birth choices.

The panel's primary recommendations were:

Dr. Mary D'Alton, (Obstetrics chief at Columbia University Medical Centre) who chaired the panel said of caesareans, "we don't believe it should be discouraged or encouraged," concluding that there are important pros and cons to the different methods of childbirth. "There's not one right answer for everyone." 84