Have you given birth on a weekend or a holiday? Have you felt well attended or lacked medical staff? And the biggest concern related to your baby being born on a non-working day: does it pose a greater risk to your health?
He weekend effect on births It was studied by English researchers based on data from around 1.3 million children born in the United Kingdom over two years. They have found that births produced on Saturday and Sunday have more complications than those produced on other days. They have a higher risk of damage during childbirth or die in the hospital before the first seven days and record more emergency readmissions in the first three days of life.
Are there less staff on weekends?
According to the study, published in The BMJ, there are also major complications for mothers. Women admitted on weekends have higher levels of puerperal fever.
Variations are small if birth complications are compared on weekdays versus weekend days. In the case of perinatal death, infections and emergency readmissions of newborns, the rate was around 0.05% higher on weekends, while the injuries to the baby during childbirth were 0.08% higher Saturdays and Sundays.
But if we take into account these data at a global level, if the incidents in the levels of a Tuesday were maintained, for example, there would be 770 perinatal deaths and 470 maternal infections less per year. say the researchers.
They also recognize that there are certain limitations in their research, "being a study based on administrative data, we have not been able to observe the quality of direct patient care," they explain.
Is there less staff to take care of the mother and baby on weekends? Is this weekend effect also extensible to Spain?
I had my first daughter in August and yes there were less staff than there is usually during the year. I was recognized by one of the nurses who treated us, who was going crazy from one place to another. This does not have to imply poor attention or major complications in childbirth, but according to research, in certain cases it is.
If you have given birth on a weekend or holiday, we would like to know your experienceHow was your delivery, how have you been treated? If you have also given birth on a weekday, have you noticed any difference?
