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E Hemminki, B I Graubard, H J Hoffman, W D Mosher, K Fetterly.
Abstract
The purpose of this article was to examine the question of fertility after a cesarean section. The study design is that of a retrospective cohort study with matched pairs, using the cross-sectional interview data of the 1982 National Survey of Family Growth. The subsequent fertility of 406 women who had had their first delivery by cesarean section is compared with that of 406 matched control women. Using any of several measures, women who had had a cesarean section had lower fertility. The difference in fertility seemed to result largely from difficulties in having children after a cesarean section, rather than lessened desire for children. Sterilizations were more frequent and performed earlier among women who had had a cesarean section than among the control women.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion, Spontaneous; Age Factors; Americas; Attitude; Behavior; Blacks; Delivery--complications; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Ethnic Groups; Fecundity; Fertility; Maternal Age; North America; Northern America; Obstetrical Surgery; Parental Age; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Pregnancy Outcomes; Pregnancy, Unwanted; Psychological Factors; Religion; Reproduction; Reproductive Behavior; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Treatment; United States; Whites
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Year: 1985 PMID： 3872816 DOI： 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)48491-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Fertil Steril ISSN： 0015-0282 Impact factor: 7.329