- Healthy Babies Are Worth The Wait
Back in August of 2011 we rallied together 17 Oregon hospitals to put a hard stop on elective, non-medically necessary inductions and c-sections before 39 weeks. Every birthing hospital in the Portland metro area came onboard, a joint effort so unusual it garnered national (and international) press. Then we issued a challenge to bring every birthing hospital in the state together with the same policy.
To make it official,
The Regence Foundation gave us a $22,000 grant to form the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative. The Collaborative will continue the March of Dimes 39 Weeks campaign and will bring together stakeholders from the medical community to identify what type of support hospitals need to implement a “no elective deliveries” policy. It will also collect data on the number of elective inductions and C-sections before 39 weeks gestation for each participating hospital at the beginning of the project and again after nine months.
We’ll keep you posted on our progress. Meanwhile we’re happy to announce that, as of yesterday, 32 Oregon hospitals have agreed to the hard stop–confirming that healthy babies are indeed worth the wait.
Thanks to each and every one of those hospitals. And thank you
Regence Foundation for supporting them, and us, in this effort. We’re all working together for stronger, healthier babies.
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