This guide demonstrates a maternal-assisted caesarean section protocol to enhance birth experience and bonding.
Maternal‐assisted caesarean section (MACS) is a modified approach to caesarean section. The patient scrubs and gowns with their surgeon, and following the delivery of the baby's head, the mother helps assist the delivery of her baby from her abdomen onto her chest. The aim of MACS is to improve the birth experience, mother‐baby bonding, breastfeeding rates, and provide control and agency during the process of elective caesarean section. Patient demand has increased alongside public awareness of the procedure. Here we outline a protocol to perform MACS to guide other clinicians on how to safely incorporate it into their own practice.
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