Since January, Vanderbilt has been offering family-centered cesarean sections to give families the opportunity to view the birth of their baby, if they desire, as well the chance to hold and bond with the baby in the operating room shortly following birth. More than 170 families have taken advantage of the program and been able to have skin-to-skin contact with their newborn.
“Family Centered Cesarean Birth (FCCB) is not hard to introduce at any hospital,” said Bennett Spetalnick, M.D., medical director of Labor and Delivery and assistant professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.
“Pediatrics, Obstetrics, nursing and doctors are all looking for ways to enhance parents’ experience in the OR. With FCCB we have had rapid buy-in from all the participants and are achieving a truly enhanced level of patient satisfaction without putting mom or baby at any risk.”
