I voted yes to naming the hospitals. I take exception with it being called naming and shaming, a c-section is not a shameful thing, and this phrase insinuates this IMO.

I think that a c/s rate is a piece of information that we should be able to know when making a decision on which hospital to birth in - although in reality most times it's geography which dictates this anyway. We do tours of the hospital to see their bed setup on ward, look at the facilities and ask about the menu. If we are very proactive we ask about their induction policies, synto policy, cord cutting policy, work out how far we can push the packet until we have to start digging our heels in.

Why should the c/s rate be off limits to us? Personally I would prefer to birth in a hospital with a 20% c/s rate than one with a 70% rate. I know this doesn't mean my situation won't end up in a c/s, but it gives a good indiction TO ME about the general attitude of the maternity policies.

I would also prefer to try to avoid being in the unlucky 20% than try to shoot to be in the 'lucky' 30% - just makes statistical sense to me.


Regardless of your reasons for not wanting to know personally, the question strikes me of why would you want to hide it? Why keep it unknown? I can not see a benefit of keeping it secret.