Hi everyone, I just wanted to draw your attention to a great article in the age titled "express delivery - is nature's way of giving birth becoming obsolete?" written by Kate Hamilton dated today, 8th november 2003. The article included Jo Brainbridge's from CARES experience of a caesarean, giving a historical perspective of c/s, describing actual medical reasons for c/s versus the more commonly seen in recent years reasons for c/s fetal distress "diagnosed through an imperfect science of foetal heart monitoring", failure to progress (otherwise known as failure to wait), breech, twins and litagation. The issue of women's fear of pain of labour and the fear of the unknown were explored. The cascade of intervention was described and the lack of trust in the birth process and the trust in technology was mentioned. Women's dissatisfaction with their c/s births was discussed with reference to the rocking the cradle inquiry. The article even outlined some of the real risks of c/s that women supposedly making an informed choice, when in reality women are rarely informed about these real risks! Finally a balanced article, it even mentioned VBAC! Anyway, its definitely worth a look at. cheers kathy
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