Hi All,
This discussion thread is very interesting and I would like to add a further dimension to it that of age if I can.
I am currently undertaking PhD studies involving secondary analysis of a ten year dataset containing 33,000 women. During analysis it is very clear that the LSCS rates in teenagers is lower than in my comparison group of 20-25 year olds. This is the case for both primips and multips and also applies to Em LSCS.
It is acknowledged that teenagers are sometimes ill prepared for birth and that they are a group of vulnerable women who also can be disempowered. Is this why they have a higher percentage of normal births and do not ask for LSCS?
Or do they not consider LSCS as an option and still see vaginal birth as the natural outcome they want?
These young teenage women still express fear about the birthing process and yet they face normal birth. Is it that they do not have the knowledge and are not given the choices that older women are?
Although this may not fit with the spiritual aspect of the discussion it does fit with the fear and social aspect.
What enables young women to overcome their fears when older, more experienced, and sometimes empowered women can not face normal birth?
I look forward to further discussion in this area?
Kim
Kim Watts
Midwife Lecturer
Academic Division of Midwifery
PGEC
City Hospital
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
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