> Most of all, it's comforting at home, especially at such an important time
Birth is serious business and you should be thinking about your child's welfare, not tickling your own selfish comfort receptors.
Birth is serious business and you should be thinking about your child's welfare, not tickling your own selfish comfort receptors.
There IS absolutely objective and scientific justification to challenge the way things are done at hospitals.
"In the United States, C-section rates have increased from just over 20% in 1996 to 33% in 2011.[3] This increase has not resulted in improved outcomes resulting in the position that C-sections may be done too frequently.[3]"
Now, how do all the factors weigh out? That's the research I'd like to see an informed and non-emotional party try to do. Most "opinions" on the topic only detract from the discussion.
The eagerness to perform a C section is taking away the choice to have a large family. Early on, I didn't even know I'd want to choose a large family. If the first birth had been a C section, then ones afterward would more likely be C sections also, and I would have never gotten the chance to have a dozen kids. You can't have a dozen kids with a uterus that is turned into mincemeat.
To allow for the possibility of having a large family, avoiding that first C section is important. All the interventions that increase the chances of it (epidural, induction, etc.) should thus also be avoided.
I guess I'm saying that one should be less emotional at this point and more cautious and rational.