anney - that is something I struggle to understand - because I too had an outcome I wouldnt have chosen but I know its what I had to do at the time, and I am okay with it. I have no hang-ups and I never get angry when someone tells me about risks or whatever about what I had to have.
Maybe people do have doubts or feel that they could have gone longer without intervention, we do know that the WHO says 15% of c/s are medically justified, yet many private hospitals are reaching that 50%+ mark and I do not believe that women are choosing that many c/s.
I also know that midwives tell me that of those coming in for an inductions for their first births, 50-75% end up with c/s... and there starts your increased futrue c/s rates, as they have c/s next time and so on - failed inductions are not nice so people don't like to go through that again. So psychological stuff can also be caused by the medical stuff, women are led to believe things like c/s was required when it wasn't. Even a head Ob in a large maternity hospital admitted to having to give a justified reason for c/s. I have also been in a c/s where I honestly believe a couple were lied to about why it was needed. I spoke to many, many midwives as it was playing with my head, and many of them said they would put their money on it, that it wasn't the reason given. Yet it's not easy to tell anyone that, and people need to trust their carers. Catch 22.
If you don't want a c/s, you really have to put yourself in the care of someone who gives you the least chance at c/s. Only about 3 of my clients have had and emergency c/s, one under g/a.
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