Not being argumentative but the point is, that provided that mum and bub are not in any risk and there are no pre-existing conditions to indicate otherwise, the risk of elective c/s to the baby and mother are much higher than if the mother has a vaginal birth. As you said, all women have a choice and need to be informed of exactly what the risks are, if they decide to go down this path, and articles like the one that Trish has posted does this. I had a c/s after 36 hours of a failed induction and my issue is with my induction occuring when it did (far too early) leading to a cascade of intervention that led to what essentially ended up being a c/s that may not have occured had we waited a few more days. I want to go into this labour fully informed, empowered and ready to know that EVERYTHING I have done and read leads to an outcome where I can say, righteo we did our best, and if that leads to a c/s (It had better notI know what your saying, but I guess what I'm trying to say is as long as baby and mum are not at risk, a person should not be made to feel like they are putting their child at some sort of immense danger or risk by choosing to have a c-section if that means it is in the best interest of the child. I) then so be it. OT sorry, but just wanted to point this out!
ETA - Well said BG, the other reasons for c/s too after you have had one is being "high risk" in the eyes of some ob's because of a previous c/s. My c/s was not for any other reason than "failure to progress" so there is no reason that this birth will end up the same way. At the hospital I was originally booked into I was classed as high risk and was told by the booking midwife that I would be asked to book into an elective c/s at every apoointment by the ob's.... but supported by the midwives for a vbac.... so I've switched hospitals to where I'm not classed as high risk and where I feel I can give it a good shot.
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