Mothers who undergo emergency caesarean section really experience grief
Commentary on : Skov SK, Hjorth S, Kirkegaard H et al . Mode of delivery and short‐term maternal mental health: a follow‐up study in the Danish national birth cohort. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics . 2022 Nov;159(2):457-65. ### Implications for practice and research Caesarean section (CS) is a lifesaving intervention which can be used when complications arise during pregnancy or delivery. In the last three decades, there has been a dramatic increase in CS rates worldwide, particularly in middle- and high-income countries. Despite the recommendations of the WHO that the rate of CS is not higher than 10% with the reduction of maternal and related mortality,1 at …
