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Thats the thing Mel, many women regardless if it's to do with this particular issue, will demand to be induced or to have a caesarean. Women will always have choice and that's okay but even in cases where Obs are advising otherwise, women are still demanding to have these procedures. (back to July issue) It is completely unfair to those coming into hospital with spontaneous labour. Imagine being turned away from hospital when you get there as a woman in spontaneous labour as you have no beds available for her due to everyone having their inductions and caesars? This very thing happened at my last birth, we turned up for an induction (for a medically based reason) and because they had taken in double the amount of women they normally do for inductions in a day, we could not have the induction done that morning. All the beds were full and we were told they had one spare bed which was allocated to any spontaneous labour coming in.
If I was awaiting my baby being born, I would not want the stress that there may not possibly be a bed for me, and I think the basis to all of this is that there needs to be better pre-natal education available to all. The pre-natal education in hospitals is completely inadequate. When a woman says yes I have choice and yes I am completely informed, is she? Our rates of inductions and caesareans are SO high that it's scary, and how many women will tell you they chose and induction and would never do it again? Of course some would, but the majority wouldn't. That doesn't sound like they were empowered and informed to me. I admit I was neither with the birth of my two kids, even though Elijah was a natural birth. It was amazing that I got to 9cms on my own at home - I had no idea, I was expecting to be able to go to hospital and have an epidural when it got worse - I had no faith in my body whatsoever. But I'm going off track here - if the amount of induced and caesarean births booked at any one time affects those who choose to have a spontaneous birth (yes we have choice too) then that is of great concern. Just as those have choice to have a medical birth, there are those who choose to have a spontaneous birth and they should have equal rights and opportunities to get a bed in hospital at any given time. And another point - if the hospitals are full up of women who have had caesareans and inductions (something that leads to increased caesarean also), what happens if someone needs an emergency caesarean and the theatres are full? Midwives are already flat chat run off their feet, how will they cope with all high needs women post-birth? Obviously post-caesar you will need more assistance and monitoring due to infection risks etc.
(hope I haven't offended, I am just trying to discuss another side here)
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If it doesn't move can i still have a natural labour???? He too said that cesar was a LAST option he mentioned that one of his patient had a low lying placent till 36 weeks then suddenly it moved. So you are probably right that most of the times OBS are to impatient and just organise a cesar when it wasn't necessary!!! He did say that if didn't move at the 20 week scan he would monitor thru frequent ultrasounds, as to avoid an unnessary operation. I know some people love cesareans, but for me there is no satisfaction as a natural birth!
Thanks i will post about it in 2 weeks!!
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