Colleen Rooney, due in October, plans CS in September to fit in with football season

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What do people think? I have no problem with people planing CSs, but this (assuming she's planning it for 2 or 3 weeks in advance of her due date) seems a bit of a superficial reason. I know babies are OK to come at 37 weeks if they're ready but surely this way there's a high risk of delivering a 'not ready' baby. Aren't CSs usually scheduled for about 39weeks? What do people think about this?

Exactly. Fifitot, the fear or experience of a painful birth is valid. I don't see people lining up to have teeth extracted without adequate pain relief in the interests of 'keeping it natural'. Same principle, except views like yours perpetuate the myth that women ought to just put up with it. Which perhaps explains the dreadful state of NHS maternity services.

Well why dont people look and see what the dis-advantages are of having c-sections?? There is an increased risk of Placenta accreta and/or placenta preavia, which are life-threatening complications (I know you can also get these complications without c-sections but there is a much higher risk). I agree that you should only have a c-section where there is a medical NEED for it.

I have no idea why Coleen would request a c-section. I had one emergency c-section (feotal distress) and an elective c-section for my second birth due to Major Placenta Preavia... Maybe there should be someone to explain all the problems people have after MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY!
I understand that people who have Vaginal births also suffer scars and tears but this is a natural thing. We as women are designed to have babies... We were not designed to be cut open to have our babies... People have been giving birth since the beginning of time... WHY OH WHY would anyone want to go through the trauma of a c-section is completely beyond me...

If she wanted convenience she should have got a puppy, not got pregnant.

But Hope, Cazzaben did have an elective CS.

"People have been giving birth since the beginning of time"

Women have also been dying giving birth since the beginning of time...

For many women a c-section causes less trauma than a VB.

I had an elective c-section and it was the 2nd worse experience of my life... I hated everything about it. I had a General Anesthetic and I don't remember seeing my son for 8 hours after I had him. I also dont have much of a memory of the first 3 days.

I wasn't in control at all...

Good luck to all those who think its easier to
A) be put to sleep. and
B) to have a section in the first place.

Lots of people who give birth naturally 1st time have an awful experience. They can't choose (well not in my hospital) whether their 2nd birth will be an elective c-section or a controlled experience. They may well have to go through the pain and maybe more trauma of a 2nd natural birth. Why should some people who have had an EMCS be given the choice of a second c-section???(unless told that it is medically needed)

I have. I didnt find it at all traumatic at the time. The later side effects bother me more. I have the CS overhang, abdominal adhesions, and my uteus is apparently not in a great state.
I had to have the section, so for me it was well worth doing, as otherwise the risk of death was unacceptably high, but I think that often when people discuss non-medically indicated sections the long term complications dont tend to get mentioned much.

Cazzaben - Just count your lucky stars you didn't get one of those oh so natural tears or episiotomies after an oh so natural birth. ElCS was a "trauma", was it?

I had a condition that could've killed me and my son only 30 yeras ago.... Now like I said before....

'if it NEEDS TO BE DONE ON MEDICAL GROUNDS THEN FINE!!!!!!!'

But why should some women be able to choose to have a c-section where their are no medical grounds to warrant it.....

You do realize I hope that the vast majority of elCSs are not under general anesthetic.

Why were you put to sleep?

Women ARE designed to give birth - exactly and if it goes wrong there is the option of assistance.

It just feels wrong to arrange a CS because of convenience or worried it's going to be painful! If people are so scared of giving birth - why get pregnant?

I guess people will never agree on this. It's not cos I'm some real earth mother either but just feel it is mad that cs have become so predominant when there is no medical justification for so many.

"But why should some women be able to choose to have a c-section"

Err... Why the hell not?

First of all I did not choose to have a GA for my elective c-section....

I had an anterior Major Placenta Praevia and almost bled to death and 29 weeks... I left my 2 year old son at home with My DH for 3 MONTHS!!!! I wasn't allowed further than my ward (around 100 yards)...

My 2nd section scar is TWICE the size of a normal one as my placenta had to be cut through to get my DS2 out... I cant have anymore babies as the risk of me dying is too great.

NOW I will talk about scars but not just the physical ones...

I have lots of emotional scars that run sooo deep and so does my son and my DH...

An elective C section is one that is planned in advance ie done before the start of labour.
It doesnt imply anything about the reason for the section.

"If people are so scared of giving birth - why get pregnant?"

Because we want a baby. Is that so hard to understand?

Do you realize how insensitive this line of questioning is to those of us who have suffered quite incredibly with previous births and were scarred (physically & psychologically) for life?

An elective c-section doesn't mean that you choose to have it done...

Medically ELECTIVE means that a date is set and it isn't done on an emergency basis... Not because someone chooses to have one...

The vast majority of women who have had a vaginal birth first time round and it was traumatic very very rarely get a chance to have a controlled and stress free birth as you keep implying...

In my hospital they WILL NOT give anyone a section if they have had a traumatic vaginal delivery...

Why should people that have had an EMCS get the choice???? What is the difference??????