Our May Stats
July 13th, 2010 by Ame
In the spirit of Science, I thought I would share our birth stats from May births with our collective. As you can see the benefits are not just theoretical.
Average durationg of labor: 9.5 hours (national average: 11.4 hours)
Percentage of mamas requesting epidural: 0% (national average: 85%)
Percentage of labors ending in C-section: 0% (Texas average: 20%)
Percentage of labors requiring vaccuum or forcept delivery: 0% (national average: 12%)
Percentage of labors requiring oxytocin/pitocin induction/augmentation: 14% (state average 16%) – *1 mama out of 7 this month required pitocin.
