This BBC NEWS article is scaremongering. What it actually means is that you are 50 times more likely to have a rupture than someone who hasn’t had a c/s. The figure if you haven’t had a section is .018 per 1000 births. 50 times more likely than that is still a minuscule amount. You are way more likely to die or your baby to die during a major operation like a section. Better still what about the medical model not doing the sections in the first place and keeping women safe to birth their baby’s normally. The WHO say that when the section rate rises above 15% the benefit of caesareans are out weighed by the complications caused by them. Having a caesarean give you 100% risk of having a hole in your uterus and putting you and your baby’s life at risk.
We would all be better off if they started to work on keeping birth normal instead of producing pointless figures and a conclusion that says that we have a worrying rate of c/s births. The other laugh is that they think 23% is high. If only it were that LOW in Australia.
I would love to get hold of the article to critique it properly as journos are notoriously good at just printing the parts that could cause a reaction, but it is impossible to find at the moment. Watch this space!!
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I have seven children ages 22 to 6. My first 3 children were born at a midwife clinic and my 4th had to be c section due to my blood platlets were very low. I cried and argued no csection but it had to be done. When I got pregnant with my 5th child the doctor kept insisting i have to get a csection I refused to have one also with my 6th and 7th they wanted the same thing and i said no. I always recommend to have natural child birth, also not to take the apideral. I had my six children with no pain medication. I believe its the best way the way it was intended before doctors found it easy for themselves. Women should try the natural way the best way do not let doctors push you into getting a csection just to hurry their time schedule. Honestly i would diffently recommend midwifes they stay with you at all times and help you during your most prescious time for you and your husband. I had my csection and my 5th child with regular drs thinking it would be better. I was wrong midwifes are so caring and helpful. I recommend this to my daughter in laws but they look at me wierd. When my daughters marry and get pregnant i hope they go with midwifes i sure will encourage them. Its so beutiful to see what comes out of your womb after nine months of morning sickness,stretch marks and big basketball as one of my kids discribed my belly with my last child(7th one).
THank You,
Patty