I disagree. My labour and subsequent c/s had massive implications for me, physically and emotionally. I now have my hospital notes too and what the ob said was happening to my ds during labour was not true! It is like saying, 'as long as the baby is healthy that is all that matters', well of course it is but it is not the only thing that matters. My ob took away my right to a healthy natural birth, and i more than likely have some form of post traumatic stress from it. So women being informed about the risks as well as the pro's means they won't be pushed into decisions that can affect them for the rest of their life, including following pregnancies and labours.Once you become a parent, how you birthed that child doesn't seem so important
Of course sometimes decisions are taken out of our hands if things take a turn for the worse, but to have another human being talk someone into having surgery is just wrong, especially when they are not being totally upfront about the repercussions(and I am only referring to my own situation, and that I do think what happens during birth matters later).
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