
07/12/2025
An initiative in the IWK birth unit is showing significant promise in lowering the number of unplanned Caesarean sections (CS) at the hospital. The Full Moon Challenge promotes a strategy for birthing person positioning during labour. Within the three months of its implementation unplanned CS dropped from 24 percent to 16 percent.
https://iwkhealth.ca/news-and-stories/unplanned-c-sections-drop-iwk-birth-unit-adopts-new-strategy