I think if hospitals only did medically necessary c/s, their stats would reflect that, and there would be no need for any explanation about why those c/s were actually done. If their stats show they're doing c/s 40% over and above the average percentage of c/s considered medcially necessary, I think you may deduce that the most of the rest probably WEREN'T medically necessary.
ETA I actually think people are getting too hung up on the word 'shaming'. It's about making hospitals more accountable. And btw, I do think the myth that a c/s is a more painless way of having your baby is alive and well, it's just that fewer women would admit to it. But out there in the wide world, it still exists. Just in my antenatal class and my aquanatal classes, I found women who still believed it.
Last edited by sushee; November 21st, 2008 at 09:18 AM.
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