Graham and Helen wrote:
This is a great story and a great outcome. I am just surprised that the hospital was prepared to wait another 27 hours and "allow" her to give birth naturally. I would have expected them to be pushing for a caesar long before that, as is the norm these days. I'd be interested to know if it was a battle or were they supportive.
They probably were pushing for her to have a caesar...I'm booked in with the Family Birth Centre at the Royal Womens in Melbourne, and their hospital policy (for the whole hospital including the FBC, that is) is that all breech births are immediate C-sections.
However, I'm pretty sure that, legally speaking, no-one can *force* you to have a C-section. Does anyone know whether this is right or not?
While we're on the topic, does anyone know what complications usually result in C-sections, and what patient rights are re refusing a section?
Leanne XXX
Helen Cahill
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