'Approximately one in four UK births are now thought to be caesarean sections, yet actively choosing to give birth in this way is still seen as a decision that is fair game for perplexity, and sometimes even outright judgement and derision.'
But I wasn’t in labour. Instead, I was surrounded by surgical staff and unable to see myself from the waist down, waiting for him to be cut from my womb.is that, however well prepared you feel you are, there’s still a split second where you realise you’re fully conscious and waiting for someone to slice you open.I’d considered my options and decided that this was the right one for me.
I could tell you how my age meant I was looking at induction – a way of artificially starting labour early, that is often more painful – and the higher risks of interventions, including, ironically, an emergency caesarean that goes along with it. Of course, I shouldn’t have to be constantly poised for this self-justification. Choice has – theoretically at least – been at the centre of maternal care for some time now.
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