Caesareans - Interesting Perspective...

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eidsvold · 05/07/2004 13:49

saw this today in paper over here in Aus...

( also posted in the news...)

here

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eefs · 05/07/2004 14:43

oh I "pah"'ed twice there, not really that emotional about it, just think the article validates the saying "too posh to push".

Fio2 · 05/07/2004 14:42

I cant read it because I cant open links! But just to pick up on the age issue...what???? I was 22 when I had my first section and I know loads of women yound and old who have had them, I think thats rubbish

eefs · 05/07/2004 14:40

I think that's a silly article - it doesn't really touch on the real need for CS and suggests the reasons for elective CS are superficial. And written by the vice-president of the National Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists too.

CS's take generally longer to recover from than vaginal deliveries. It's a major surgery. People have CS's for more valid reasons than talking to their friends and mothers. pah.

I've been lucky to have had two "normal" deliveries - I am glad to know though that if it was necessary I could have a CS, but to say that women get them becauce they can is just nonsense. "Modern, emancipated women are increasingly exercising their right to choose by deciding that a planned caesarean section is their preferred mode of delivery"
pah

motherinferior · 05/07/2004 14:28

Not that I'm touchy or anything

Have FINALLY managed to convince DP's mother that she needn't go on and on about my geriatric courage in defying all obstetric odds

motherinferior · 05/07/2004 14:27

Ah, I see. Yes. What I read from time to time implies more that it's our shagged-out bodies that require a Caesarian, not informed choice.

janinlondon · 05/07/2004 14:24

Hey Eidsvold, how are things in sunny Qld??

janinlondon · 05/07/2004 14:23

Medically qualified (ie: Obstetrician or gynaecologist).

motherinferior · 05/07/2004 14:22

JIL, occupations??? How?????

motherinferior · 05/07/2004 14:22

Always said so, but like you I personally wonder. You read all this stuff about how our aged bodies can't cope with the stress of labour and pregnancy, etc etc. Yeah, right.

janinlondon · 05/07/2004 14:21

Yes it is Blu - maternal age and maternal and paternal occupations both contribute.

Blu · 05/07/2004 14:09

IS maternal age a factor in increased CSs?

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