Should c/s rates be published? Naming & shaming...

[studentmum]

Sushee I agree 100% with all your posts!!!

Lea - as myself and others have suggested cs rates alone are not sufficient data but at least they are a start.


Neenee Jellybeanie I agree wholeheartedly! I wonder if 603 women would have voted differently had they left the word shaming out of the question and just asked should data be available???

Also 'elective C/S' doesn't mean asked for by the woman or her doctor, it just means the need for a C/S was decided prior to labour, while an 'emergency' is during labour, thus a pre-booked C/S for grade 4 placenta praevia is still classed as 'elective' even if not woman's preferred choice of birth pif all was well

midi27 - I had an in labour vbac cs and it was documented as elective.


I think we should assume that women who want access to this information are capable of interpreting it.


Bottom line: I had 2 cs for no valid reason, one was due to an evil ob and one was due to hospital policy. If stats were known to all and available my choices may have been different, until we try that how are we to know. I am vba2c again (only this time I will succeed) I have had to research to the ends of the earth to ensure my best possible chances, it has been HELL, hospitals do not want to give up info if they can help it and we as consumers of theirs should not have to harrass them to get it - I have been lied to and only know I have been lied to as I am a nursing student. ALL stats should be made public and be easy to find via googling NOT in restricted access journal articles!

AS for obs with cs rates as high as 85%, if you don't want to know who he is enjoy your Russian roulette but for me, NAME AND SHAME THE KNIFE HAPPY BUGGER!!!!

This thread was exhausting, I am sure I will be lured back though...

Sarah