It’s “The Easy Way Out” And Other Misconceptions About C-Sections Debunked By An OB-GYN
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The month of April is known as International Cesarean Awareness Month. Organized by the non-profit International Cesarean Awareness Network. The point of the awareness month is to educate people so they know their options. One way to educate people is to help clear up misconceptions about C-sections. Some automatically believe that if you have one, all future pregnancies have to culminate in that same way. There is also a belief by others that a C-section is an "easy way out" because the vagina isn't impacted during delivery. To set the record straight, we talked to Andrea Alexander, MD, FACOG, an OB-GYN based in Houston and author of Black Maternal Mortality: Our Fight Back. She filled us in on the reasons more people are having C-sections, when they're recommended, and why they're certainly not the "easy," ideal route to take for expectant moms.