This whole subject makes me mad. Im a mum to Zoe who is now 3, almost 4. I delivered her via c-section at 38wks due to a few pregnancy complications. I do not think that having a c-section is the "easy way out" and that it is less painful than a vaginal birth at all.. If it was safe for me to deliver vaginally I wouldve I didnt elect to have her the way I did. As for those mothers who do elect for a caesarian well...so be it it is their choice, their body,their baby - they are all warned of the possible risks and complications before the birth. I dont see how c-sections can be considered a possible health risk. My obstertrician told me that delivering by c-section was less stress for the baby and I agree. Zoe arrived without a peep and was an absolute angel.
As for making it public to the community about the caesar rates in hospitals... what a joke..no body needs to know, its no ones business but our own. If you have a good obstertrician then youre in safe hands, they follow you through the pregnancy journey and makesure the safest and best way for delievery of your baby iis..they know what theyre on about.
no one is asking the hospital to publish names, just their stats.
And there are loads of other stats too that say that a vaginal birth is safer for mother and baby in MOST circumstances. There are lots of stats that say it's better for baby to travel down the birth canal as it squeezes fluid out of baby's lungs. There are lots of anecdotal evidence to say that obstetricians will not warn women of all the potential complications assocoated with a c/s, but WILL tell them they're safer/better off having a c/s. Some obs even tell the mother it's better for her baby because her baby will be less stressed, but the stats reflect that it's not actually better for her baby at all. A health risk is anything that exposes someone to increased danger that they normally wouldn't be exposed to, so c/s (and any surgery) carries a health risk.
And the topic, by the way, remains whether women should be allowed to access information on their hospital's STATISTICS on their c/s rate. I'm not sure how that's an invasion on any one person's privacy.
lucky for me then I suppose that back in my mum's day that c/s were seen what they were for
MAJOR SURGERY
and not for the lets keep up with the jones situation its seem to have come to
I agree that the media shouldn't have titled it this was ...bit also its not saying Shame c/s,...its saying shame the hospitals and doctors doing these procedures. People are taking there own empathese on the wording of the matter. its also the people who have come in and said no to the question....without actually have had a c/s and knowing later that if the facts were there that perhaps there could have been an not another method used.
As for making it public to the community about the caesar rates in hospitals... what a joke..no body needs to know, its no ones business but our own.
but so do you think that there is going to be alist of peoples names saying jo blow had a c/s for her own purposes...comeone that is breaching all the privacy laws that have been put in place. We can find out the rates of patients who die from surgury related issues ,how many people have cancer treatment and even to how many people have lap band surgery...but we cant find out the % of births that are c/s related....come one..why should one thing be different to the other
It is very easy to say yadda yadda when you havent walked in another person's shoes.
In a world were so much usless information is feed to us...you'd think any information involving the birth of your unborn child would be made knowledge.
The question at hand here is not what is best for baby/mum etc, the question is if statistics should be published as to what c/section rates are in our Australian hospitals.
I can readily obtain the info as to what nationalities/religious groups live in any area, I can obtain stats on which banks are most popular, hell i can even obtain stats on which phone companies have what share in the market.
So with all of this freedom of information, why on earth should we not be allowed to access THIS information?
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lucky for me then I suppose that back in my mum's day that c/s were seen what they were for
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