Re: Mothers are more apathetic towards their children if they were CSDs
No, I didn’t read the guidance link because I don’t think I will read anything I don’t already know.
Of course the risks will be different. VB is a largely natural process and C-Section is a major (but routine) surgery.
One thing to note about NICE guidelines is that it is obvious they will guide against C-sections. C-sections cost a lot more money for the NHS. Quite often, women are denied epidurals here because the labour will be prolonged and their aim is to get the bed empty as quick as poss.
I’m not saying I support elective C-sec. I support the right for a woman to make an informed choice. That choice may well put her off having a C-sec when she has all the information and weighs it up. We should not belittle her experiences or opinion. For example, a woman may have had a very traumatic VB to the point where she feels she could not do it again. She may decide that an elective C-section is the way to go. If she’s considered the risks and still feels that it is the best option for her then who is anyone else to say otherwise.
You opened a thread in this forum when I don’t even see that women here are choosing elective C-sections. All the C-section stories I have read on this forum have been emergency procedures.
So I will repeat an earlier comment I made - that a woman thinking about having a C-section will have far more significant and compelling reasons for doing so than what effect it may have on maternal bonding.
For myself, it’s something I will investigate when the time comes inshAllah. I would hope the process can be natural. The pain factor is not something that puts me off a VB but there are other things about it that make me ill just thinking about them.