Does anyone have any concrete, first hand evidence that increasing numbers
of women are requesting CS without any clinical reason, (that is, purely
for convenience or personal preference?) or is this simply an attempt to
divert attention from the real reasons for the increase in CS rate
nationally? I have never had any woman ask for CS unless she has had a
sound rationale for this choice. Reasons I've been given recently include a
vaginal birth experience so bad that it left her with PTSD, multiple
fibroids which stood a good chance of obstructing the outlet and 2 labours
which had previously ended in CS for obstructed labour (woman tiny, babies
over 10lb).
Lesley
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