After reading these posts, I would have to say that a lot of women are narrow minded and ignorant when it comes to the reasoning to have a c-section. I do understand that some women do choose to have a c-section for convenience however the majority of the reasoning is for the safety of either the mother or the baby. I have recently had an elective c-section as I was having twins. I made this decision for the safety of my second twin. If I had a single birth, I would have chosen a natural birth but also had an open mind. All these threads do, is make women feel guilty for choosing a c-section and I think that you should all be ashamed of yourselves especially when you haven't been in that situation.


I have been guilty for thinking the worst about non c/s mum's who go on when they have no idea bout c/s's, but god...think from their point...they are only going on what they are feeling and luckily they have never had to go through a c/s.

The stastic's are NOT naming mothers or saying they are bad parents for having c/s.....the statistics are there to help us mummiys to be, to guide us into the birthing choices we make for our children. They are naming the dame hospitals people!!!! Not if jo blow had a vaginal birth and lucy Lue had a c/s.

Id be very interested to know if the hospitals would also show statistics of how many c/s mothers have had PND after birth compared to vaginaly birthed babies