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Obstetrics and gynecology consultants estimated that the percentage of surgeries for cesarean delivery increased from 20 to 30% among normal deliveries, despite the lack of official statistics issued by private hospitals, and some indicated that profit from the price of conducting caesarean section is one of the most important factors for the increase in the percentage of those operations during the period The last, by convincing the pregnant woman easily and easily, of these operations and the less risks of natural childbirth.
An official statistics issued by the Ministry of Health for the year 1431 also revealed a high rate of cesarean deliveries in general. She indicated that the number of cesarean sections in the region of Makkah and Jeddah reached 10402 out of 43,147 natural births annually. Medical sources confirmed to Al-Watan that private hospitals account for about 65% of caesarean sections, in order to ensure the greatest possible profit while convincing pregnant women to have a cesarean delivery and that it is the easiest and fastest.
The director of Al-Azizia Maternity and Children Hospital, Dr. Ahmed Al-Harbi, confirmed that the latest statistics of the number of cesarean delivery cases in Jeddah reached 585 annually, and attributed their increase to emergency and optional reasons. He said that the hospital is keen to encourage natural childbirth and the surgeon is forced to perform a cesarean section in cases of necessity, according to the condition of the mother and the fetus. The doctor considers that performing the surgeries is the best to save the life of the mother and the fetus, and the cesarean section is performed by cross-cutting the belly of the pregnant woman, then opening the membranes surrounding the fetus and taking it out.
The Secretary-General of the Saudi Obstetrics and Gynecology Society, a consultant obstetrician, fetal and laparoscopic surgeon, Dr. Hisham Arab, defines Caesarean delivery as being known two thousand years ago, and the date mentioned that its first newborn was called "Caesar", who was born in the Greek era, which is the birth of the child through surgery that takes place in the lower abdomen. . Arabs show that there are many researches and studies that have been developed as a precautionary and necessary measure for a cesarean delivery, including the fall of the uterine wall and the deformation of the genital area. He indicates that some operations have become expensive and prices have increased even for a natural childbirth, and he estimated the increase in the cost of caesarean section by about 50%.
He pointed out that early pregnant women may resort to giving birth with an incision in the abdomen, believing that natural childbirth is painful and that its pain is more severe or that it will distort the genital area, forgetting some of the dangers that may be caused by recent surgical births. He said it is not necessary for women who are sick with heart or pressure to undergo surgeries, except in some cases in which the doctor feels the danger of giving birth naturally.
Dr. Hisham Arab said that the option of giving birth by a tummy tuck is of two types, including a cesarean section that is not urgent, and the doctor tells the mother about it during pregnancy and an urgent caesarean section, when the doctor discovers the danger of the fetus remaining in the mother’s abdomen and the abdominal birth becomes an urgent and urgent necessity, and the aim is to save the mother and the fetus, and usually childbirth is considered Surgery is currently less dangerous than natural childbirth, if studies indicate a lower mortality rate than before, and the pregnant mother is subjected to two types of anesthesia, which are total or mid-term.
The obstetrics and gynecology consultant at the Maternity and Children Hospital in Al-Masadiya, Dr. Ahmed Yassin, describes childbirth through the incision of the lower abdominal wall as a dangerous birth, which accounts for 20% of natural births according to global statistics, and Al-Masadiya Hospital annually conducts more than 1,200 Caesarean deliveries. He explains that most mothers prefer to give birth without pain, and with the development of modern science, natural childbirth processes are recently performed by inhaling a pain reliever gas or anesthesia below the vertebrae, and the natural birth process may take a few minutes, for the mother and her baby to wake up with a healthy and healthy baby.
He adds that one of the reasons for a cesarean delivery is the large head or the size of the fetus, its inconsistency with the mother''s pelvis, the narrowing of the pelvis, or the presence of a fibroid that prevents the passage of the child, or that the X-rays prove the absence of the placenta in its natural place, and its implantation in the wall of the uterus, which prevents the passage of the fetus through the vagina and needs Pregnant woman for quick intervention if the fetus has lost the amniotic fluid.
Dr. Yassin increases that among the dangers of caesarean section and the problems that may occur during operations, the possibility of bleeding in the mother and infections of the wounds and adhesions to the abdominal wall. He added: Caesarean section represents 7 times the risk of natural childbirth, and its damages include sagging abdomen, relaxation of the muscles of the uterine wall, delayed healing of wounds, the possibility of rupture in the event of a great effort or pregnancy immediately after, and the accumulation of fat in the surgery area or inflammation, and complications increase when making a great effort or lifting Weights. There are other risks surrounding the operation when the mother suffers from heart disease or blood clotting, and the situation may end with the mother’s death during the operation.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Consultant Nahid Al-Sayed explains the private hospitals'' attraction and the acquisition of the largest volume of surgical deliveries, and indicates that the cost of a cesarean section ranges between 15 to 20 thousand riyals. Mothers who have undergone cesarean deliveries are forced to take an ample period of rest, as multiple uterine surgeries cause adhesion and congestion in the pelvic region and may cause blockage of the fallopian tube and lead to infertility, or adhesions to the intestine and result in long-term suffering. Department of childbirth in one of the private clinics, the mother-in-law through uterine surgery not to have a rapid pregnancy, and to undergo a good diet, eat vitamins and fresh vegetables, and take care to consult her doctor about contraception appropriate to her condition in order to leave enough opportunity for the healing of the uterus.
