我國開放二孩政策後剖腹產率降低

Hospitals in China's biggest cities are reporting an increase in women choosing natural childbirth, reversing a decadeslong trend during the one-child policy in which cesarean sections were favored.

近日，我國大城市的醫院報告指出，選擇自然分娩的女性數量正在增加，扭轉了計劃生育實施數十年來，剖腹產手術更受青睞的趨勢。

China's C-section rate is the highest in the world, with cesarean sections used in 47 percent of all births in 2013. The World Health Organization's recommended rate is less than 15 percent.

中國的剖腹產率在全世界範圍內是最高的，2013年使用剖腹產生育的比例達到了47%。世界衛生組織規定的剖腹產率不應超過15%。

Limited to one child, especially in urban areas, women sought C-sections for their convenience and reduced risk to newborns, even though recovery times increased for mothers and surgery presented its own dangers. However, since the second-child policy started in January, women have been considering the risks associated with C-sections more carefully.

受限於只能生一個孩子，尤其是城市中的女性因尋求方便及降低風險而選擇剖腹產。即使這樣做會增加產婦的恢復時間及手術帶來的危險。不過自今年1月二孩政策落地以來，女性對剖腹產相關的風險考慮得更爲謹慎，剖腹產數量也有所下降。

The government introduced new exceptions to the one-child policy in late 2013, although they varied from region to region. Since Jan 1, all couples have been allowed to have a second child, and the number of cesarean sections has dropped.

我國政府已經於2013年底實施新的單獨二孩政策，儘管全國各地有所不同。從今年1月1日起，所有的夫婦都可以生養二胎，剖宮產的數量已經有所下降。

At Sun Yat-sen University's First Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, the C-section rate dropped to about 40% during the first 3 months of the year, a reduction of 10% from last year.

今年前3個月，廣州市中山大學附屬第一醫院的剖腹產率降至約40%，同比下降了10%。

At Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, one of the country's major maternity hospitals, the C-section rate also dropped to about 40 percent last year. A decade ago, the rate was 70 percent.

去年，我國著名的產科醫院上海市第一婦嬰保健院的剖腹產率降至約40%。十年前，這一比率爲70%。

In Beijing, the C-section rate dropped slightly, from 46.4 percent in 2013 to 46.2 percent in 2014, according to the Beijing Health and Family Planning Commission.

據北京市衛生計生委的數據顯示，在北京，剖腹產率略有下降，從2013年的46.4%下降到2014年的46.2%。