Anesthesia mode for cesarean delivery and maternal-infant bonding: a single-center cross-sectional study
Authors' conclusion
In this cohort, anesthesia mode for cesarean delivery was not independently associated with impaired early mother-infant bonding. Risk for postpartum depression and early anxiety symptoms did not differ significantly between groups.
Study context
- Population
- Women 1 to 3 days after cesarean delivery of a live-born singleton term infant, Soroka University Medical Center
- Participants
- 366 women
- Exposure
- GA vs neuraxial anaesthesia for cesarean delivery
- General anesthesian = 96
- Neuraxial anesthesian = 270reference
- Outcome
- Mother-infant bonding (validated questionnaire), impaired bonding
- Follow-up
- 1 to 3 days after cesarean delivery
Methodological detailssingle-centre, multivariable logistic regression
- Single-centre
- Multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mother-infant bonding
- No significant between-group differences in mother-infant bonding outcomes
- Impaired-bonding difference borderline but not statistically significant
- After adjustment for potential confounders, anesthesia mode not independently associated with impaired bonding
- Multivariable logistic regression
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Risk for postpartum depression and early postpartum anxiety symptoms
- Low and comparable between groups
Original publication
Anesthesia mode for cesarean delivery and maternal-infant bonding: a single-center cross-sectional study. Int J Obstet Anesth. Published 24 June 2026. doi:10.
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