April is Cesarean Awareness Month

First off from my inbox today, courtesy nursingbirth at http://nursingbirth.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/top-8-ways-to-have-an-unnecessary-cesarean-section/ top 8 ways to have an unecessary cesarean. this is an addition to the top 7 ways to have an unecessay cesarean found here http://www.faintstarlite.com/2009/03/top-7-ways-to-have-an-unnecessary-c-section/

have to say i agree with every single point made

have to give the flipside though and let you know how to avoid an unecesarean....

1 labor at home as long as possible
2 eat and drink as needed during labor

did you know a recent study suggests that eating and drinking lightly during labor is ok?http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/mar24_2/b784

3 labor in whatever position you want too
4 push when and how you feel like it
5 birth at home or in a freestanding birth center

see this study for homebirth cesarean rates http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj;330/7505/1416
and this from citizens for midwiferyhttp://www.cfmidwifery.org/pdf/cesarean2x.pdf

those are just off the top of my head

i'm sure there are more..... post your best tips on the comments