After vaginal births one in four babies has brain bleed · 2007-01-31 15:59
A recent study has confirmed that one in four babies who experience vaginal birth suffer a limited amount of intracranial bleeding, but the bleeding is limited and has no apparent effect.
“Small bleeds in and around the brain are very common in infants who are born vaginally,” John Gilmore, M.D., of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine said. “It seems that a normal vaginal birth can cause these small bleeds.”
Gilmore said although more research is needed on the implications of the hemorrhages, vaginal birth has not suddenly become unduly risky, Xinhua reports.
“Obviously, the vast majority of us who were born vaginally and may have had these types of bleeds are doing just fine,” researcher said. “Humans have been born vaginally for a very long time, and our brains probably evolved to handle vaginal birth without major difficulty.”
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