Most mothers are advised to give birth to a healthy baby, mother recovery. So let’s find out whether which birth usually is better than cesarean or Normal Delivery !

1. Normal birth

Advantages for mother

• In terms of psychological aspect, giving birth will often help mothers have a chance to feel each moment when the child was born.
• Mothers at birth will often feel more proud than cesarean, but it is only cultural conception because in essence, cesarean or birth are often the same sacred. It would be short-sighted to say that mothers are more likely to have a baby than cesareans.
• Mom’s recovery time is faster. She will have the strength to care for her and take care of herself.
• Birth mothers can usually apply a baby to their breasts by skin-to-skin contact method – which helps to bond the mother and baby so that they have a better start.
• The milk supply will be very fast. Natural childbirth process will stimulate the mother’s body to lactate early, so the baby will soon enjoy the precious milk.

Advantages for children

• At birth, mothers and babies have earlier connections to cesarean delivery.
• Babies can breastfeed sooner.
• Babies born are more likely to have immunity and a healthier intestinal tract. The reason is that as children move through the mother’s vocal pathway to go out, they will be exposed to beneficial bacteria. Then, the baby’s body produces the corresponding immune system.
• Children are less likely to have asthma because at birth, they have to go through a narrow wall to help drain the fluid in the lungs.
• Birth process usually stimulates the lung enlargement, which facilitates the baby’s natural respiration after birth.

Disadvantages for the mother

• Birth is often painful and stressful for the mother. Mothers will undergo prolonged labor, resulting in loss of strength and postpartum haemorrhage.
• During the virginity, if the problem occurs, the treatment will be difficult, because the fetus has fallen down the cervix, so can not use alternative methods anymore. In this case it is very dangerous to the fetus.
• If you lose halfway you have to use a clip to pull or a suction device to suck the baby out. This is not good for babies and babies can be suffocated during childbirth. Mothers will tear vagina, perineal tear, the risk of infection is very high and take longer to recover.

Disadvantages for children

• If the birth usually lasts too long or the fetus is too large, the child may be injured. Babies can get bruised scalp and sometimes break their collarbone.

2. Cesarean section

Advantages for mother

At birth, prenatal care can be planned in advance, giving the mother less pain, even less complicated and convenient hours compared to the usual prolonged birth. Only after 30 minutes on the birth table is the mother gourd can see her baby.

Advantages for children

• Cesarean section will help babies to be born safely without having to worry about injuries, especially in the case of large fetuses.
• This method is easy to overcome when problems occur, especially with the fetus in danger, because the cesarean section can get the fetus out of the mother body very quickly.

Disadvantages for the mother

• Recovery time for cesarean section is longer than normal delivery. Mothers have to stay in hospital longer (on average 2-4 days) than normal women.
• Maternal postpartum care is more complicated than normal birth, long latent incision and need time to recover.
• During the cesarean section, the mother loses more blood and is more susceptible to infection. In addition, the gut may be injured during surgery.
• Mother cesarean section for breastfeeding later than normal women.
• According to a French study, women who have a third child via cesarean are more likely to die than normal birth because of the possibility of infection or complications during surgery.
• For pregnant women who have a cesarean section, wanting to get pregnant again needs to wait at least two years and the best distance is 5 years. If the next pregnancy after the cesarean section where abortion is performed, it is prone to perforation.

Disadvantages for children

• Cesareans are at risk for respiratory problems or weak immunity because they are not exposed to beneficial bacteria such as normal birth.
• Babies may be affected by certain drugs during cesarean section.
• When the cesarean section is delayed, the baby should have a long-term cesarean for colostrum or full formula.