Uncertainties on Caesareans

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/29/ap2632089.html

It's a little bit of a tricky conclusion that they reach. Essentially the final determination should be done between a woman and a doctor that she trusts, but the latest panel was unable to determine any definitive guidelines.

Women planning more than 2 children shouldn't electively choose C-section births, as later pregnancies are subject to greater risk.

Women concerned with avoiding pain during childbirth shouldn't consider a C-section to be their only recourse, but should instead consider pain-numbing epidurals.

So many questions, so few answers. Ultimately, it's a personal choice between an expectant mother and her doctor, but the doctor should never be the one pushing for a C-section so that the birth occurs at a convenient time, and should only be advocating a C-section for health reasons.

Oral Health Tips

From MSN comes a selection of oral health care tips for babies. Their article is titled "Health Tip: Baby Bottle Tooth Decay" and can be found at:

http://health.msn.com/centers/oralhealth/ArticlePage.aspx?cp-documentid=100101179

They cite the American Academy of Pediatrics with the following tips:

• Never put your child to bed with a bottle.
• Only give your baby a bottle during meals.
• Teach your child to drink from a cup as soon as possible, usually by age one.
• Keep your baby's mouth clean.
• Use water and a soft child-sized toothbrush for daily cleaning once your child has seven to eight teeth.

As someone who's had cavities filled as a young child, had 4 teeth yanked for braces as a teen, and very probably going to have to deal with impacted wisdom teeth extraction in the next few years, let me just say that I don't think it's *ever* too early to start paying attention to proper oral hygiene.

As the old saying goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!"

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