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Caesarean may raise risk of infant allergies
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| 21-October-2004
| Reuters
Posted on 10/21/2004 1:01:49 PM PDT by HawaiianGecko
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LONDON - Being born by Caesarean section may increase a baby’s risk of suffering from food allergies and diarrhea in the first year of life, German doctors said on Thursday. |
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allergies; caesarean; edwards
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I wonder if John Edwards will re-SUE the doctors he sued to make his millions by making them perform caesarean sections to begin with?
To: HawaiianGecko
I had three kids by C-Section and none of them suffered these symptoms!
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:02:58 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Oklahoma is Reagan Country and now Bush Country -- Vote for Dr. Tom)
To: HawaiianGecko
"If John Kerry is elected President, more children will have food allergies and diarrhea!!!"
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:04:24 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(I've posted nothing but BTTT over 1000 times!!!)
To: HawaiianGecko
I was born by caesarean section and once got bad diarrhea after a trip to Mexico. Please add me to the class action lawsuit.
To: Flashman_at_the_charge
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:07:12 PM PDT
by
HawaiianGecko
(Member of the PajamaNati for 1/6th of a year)
To: PhiKapMom
Same here. My son with health problems was a natural birth. My two who were delivered by C-section have never had a cold in their lives and have perfect attendance at school.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:09:47 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: annyokie
Yes, but the plural of antecdote is not data!
To: olivia3boys
Correlation does not equal causation either.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:26:59 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: PhiKapMom
I have 4 boys, all born by cesarean section. The oldest had a lot of ear infections the first 2 years of his life, but I think the fact that he quit breastfeeding at 6 months of age was what triggered them, because they started about two weeks after he weaned himself. My other 3 boys were all very healthy babies.
To: annyokie
Same here...my oldest was a Caesarean baby. She was/is really healthy. My youngest, natural birth...she will catch a bug if someone looks at her funny. LOL
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:53:42 PM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(Attention All Girlie-men...Please don't forget your foo foo's on the way out the door.)
To: codyjacksmom
Lucky you! You got to do the VBAC that I tried with my youngest. Alas, it didn't work. TG, none of my boys have been victims of ear infections or strep infections.
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posted on
10/21/2004 1:56:31 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: annyokie
Yeah, the VBAC was really cool...especially the good drugs. ;) But wouldn't you know, the youngest was also the one with chronic ear infections. She'd have ruptures even while on maintenance. Thankfully she out grew them.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:05:58 PM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(Attention All Girlie-men...Please don't forget your foo foo's on the way out the door.)
To: codyjacksmom
I told the anesthesiologist that I was taller than I actually am so he gave me more drugs with the youngest. I am yawning in the delivery pictures.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:08:02 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: HawaiianGecko
Probably because for many women, c-sections interfere with breastfeeding.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:11:38 PM PDT
by
valkyrieanne
(card-carrying South Park Republican)
To: annyokie
You bad! Gotta love it! ;)
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:12:55 PM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(Attention All Girlie-men...Please don't forget your foo foo's on the way out the door.)
To: codyjacksmom
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:31:37 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: valkyrieanne
How do you figure that C-sections interfere with breastfeeding? I breastfed my youngest to one year. I had to pry him off with a crowbar.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:33:07 PM PDT
by
annyokie
("I have a plan" ™)
To: PhiKapMom; annyokie; EagleMamaMT; codyjacksmom
Don't you understand what "increased risk" or "twice as likely" means? It does not mean that all babies born by Caesarean section suffer the problem. Only that more do than those born vaginally. So to say that your kid was born by Caesarean section and is fine is a totally meaningless comment.
There is also a correlation between Caesarean births and asthma. My daughter was born vaginally, but suffers from asthma. It would make no sense for me to try and dispute the correlation by using her as an example. Using anecdotal evidence to try to dispute a study is absurd.
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posted on
10/21/2004 2:56:15 PM PDT
by
knuthom
To: annyokie
That is even more telling!
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posted on
10/21/2004 3:00:35 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Oklahoma is Reagan Country and now Bush Country -- Vote for Dr. Tom)
To: EagleMamaMT
Looks like they didn't interview us for this article! :)
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posted on
10/21/2004 3:01:39 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Oklahoma is Reagan Country and now Bush Country -- Vote for Dr. Tom)
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