Good on you! I was talking to my SIL who is due to give birth in June recently. She told me that the management of the private hospital where I had my 2 children & she had her first is closing the maternity ward because... wait for it... the management wanted, yes wanted MORE women to have caesarians. But the obs didn't support it & have taken their business to another private hospital thereby forcing the first hospital to close it's maternity ward. Apparently elective c/s make it easier to schedule & cost less in terms of midwife's time attending the birth or something like that. I found that very sad as I had a wonderful experience with my DS at this hospital & the midwives were wonderful and very encouraging of minimal intervention & establishing breastfeeding. I know this is hearsay & there is probably more to it.
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