I am possibly going to be repeating what others have already said- forgive me! Every time I sit down to read this thread I don't get through it all and by the time I get on again there're a million more posts!
I'm going to vote yes. We trust our health care providers to give us the best possible information and outcomes. IMO the high c/s rates show that SOME OBs are not giving their patients that service.
This may get people's backs up because likely they were told there was no other alternative for them but to have intervention. I've no doubt that in some cases this is true. But in others it is not.
Inducing a labour is soooo commonplace! And I know of many people who are induced for convenience or policy rather than health. AND they are obviously not being fully informed of the very real risks to them and their babies. If they were, why would they agree?
And as to mothers making the choice to have c/s, are they fully informed of the risks associated with that? If so, great. It is their choice after all. BUT I seriously doubt so many women would choose to have the c/s if their OBs fully disclosed to them the risks, rather than just being agreeable to their uninformed request.
This is the 'shaming'. Hospitals and OBs who do not fulfil their responsibilities to their patients are failing them. That is shameful.
Our freedom to access information is something we must actively protect and fight for, simply because it is our basic right.
Last edited by Snacks; November 21st, 2008 at 02:00 PM.
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