Woman forced to have C section

[Anonymous]

I would bet that had she delivered vaginally and there was a bad outcome, she would have sued the hospital.

[Anonymous]

Prepublica states she had already labored for 12 hours, then state (probably deliberately) no other medically relevant facts. This is an emotional hit piece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 previous C sections, morbidly obese - lots of risk factors here. I’m very pro choice even though I really dislike abortion simply because I think an unwanted child is a tragedy, however, I’m mulling over this whole thing since we’re talking about full term babies who will possibly suffer lifelong consequences from a poor decision, but I still have concerns about female autonomy.

+1 But will it stop at the morbidly obese woman who may have required a c-section after all? What if you are thin, went through pre-birth classes, exercise and eat well, have a seasoned doula, and feel confident that you can get through a rough labor (I'm sure there are more than a handful of us on this site who fit this description)? For women in Florida and similar conservative states, are all bets off now? Can the hospital bring in the state because you're in labor a little too long for their taste and they know of a great judge who has a few minutes to yell at you from an iPad?

You're not going to like this answer, but the two women whose personal accounts were relayed in the article clearly didn't have an OBGYN that supported their decision and that was present at the labor.

The on call doctors didn't want the liability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing wrong with a C-section.

There is. Do your research, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, in the state of Florida, you can reject the life-saving measles vaccine for your child but if you're a woman, you have no autonomy to reject a C-section, and the hospital and state will fill up your room with people insisting you do what the judge tells you to do even if you know your own body and that you are able to give birth vaginally. All of a sudden, medical freedom doesn't exist in the state of Florida.

Yes. Your points make a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing wrong with a C-section.

There is. Do your research, troll.

DP. There are things that can go wrong with a c-section, but it is still medically safer than delivering vaginally once you get to 39 weeks gestation, even if we're not talking about a VBAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would bet that had she delivered vaginally and there was a bad outcome, she would have sued the hospital.

You mean her family. If there are complications with vbac, all end in death of the mother. Few obgyns like doing vbac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is nothing wrong with a C-section.

There is. Do your research, troll.

Had two but ok. Giving birth is unpleasant. Sad that we can put a man on the moon but there are only two options in giving birth.

[Anonymous]

Vbacs can be dangerous. Very interesting wonder if they will expand beyond ob/ gyn to other things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 previous C sections, morbidly obese - lots of risk factors here. I’m very pro choice even though I really dislike abortion simply because I think an unwanted child is a tragedy, however, I’m mulling over this whole thing since we’re talking about full term babies who will possibly suffer lifelong consequences from a poor decision, but I still have concerns about female autonomy.

+1 But will it stop at the morbidly obese woman who may have required a c-section after all? What if you are thin, went through pre-birth classes, exercise and eat well, have a seasoned doula, and feel confident that you can get through a rough labor (I'm sure there are more than a handful of us on this site who fit this description)? For women in Florida and similar conservative states, are all bets off now? Can the hospital bring in the state because you're in labor a little too long for their taste and they know of a great judge who has a few minutes to yell at you from an iPad?

You're not going to like this answer, but the two women whose personal accounts were relayed in the article clearly didn't have an OBGYN that supported their decision and that was present at the labor.

The on call doctors didn't want the liability.

I think if the mom can't have it both ways - she can't use the resources of the hospital and completely ignore their advice. If she wanted freedom she should have delivered at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems like every young woman I know who has given birth lately has had a C-section--usually scheduled ahead of time.

Two things can be true: there are too many C-sections and C-sections can be necessary.

Too many unnecessary C-sections and since average maternal age has gone up, complications often require a C-section, both are simultaneously true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would bet that had she delivered vaginally and there was a bad outcome, she would have sued the hospital.

Probably but hospital can't force C-section to avoid lawsuit, it has to be medically warranted and patient should've a choice to sign a waiver and do as they please, if its covered by their insurance.

May be this woman was worried about high hospital bill tied to a C-section?

[Anonymous]

May be she wanted to stay mobile as a mom of four young kids, can't afford to be on bedrest for long.

[Anonymous]

Hi, feminist here. I warned you that when Roe fell, women would be treated as incubators and have fewer rights than a corpse. Why are you acting surprised? You prioritized the fetus, and now you don’t have any rights if your exercise of them could harm the fetus.

It won’t be long before we start imprisoning obese moms to force them to work out on low cal diets, and underweight moms to tube feed. (We’re already imprisoning moms on drugs). We warned you, stop sticking your head in the sand and playing stupid.

[Anonymous]

This lady has her own agenda she is a natural birth activist doula

Cherise Gordon-Doyley is the CEO of Soul Sista Birth Services, LLC and the Executive Director of its Community Doula Program. With over seven years of experience as a birth and postpartum doula and more than a decade of personal breastfeeding experience, she brings deep compassion, cultural understanding, and real-life wisdom to the families she serves.

https://soulsistabirthservices.org/meet-our-doulas