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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate the "c-sections are so often unnecessary" argument. Lots of things are unnecessary, including pain medication in labor, and that doesn't make them bad choices.

I had a c-section because I wanted one. No medical reason, other than labor sounding like a drag. Very happy with my decision.[/quote]

DP but this is my favorite reason for someone to have a c-section. Because they, as an informed patient aware of risks and benefits and a freaking adult, want one.  It’s also my favorite reason for someone to have the worlds crunchiest vaginal birth— because they want one.  A woman’s preference for the care of her own body and her own child should be paramount in how we provide medical care, not second guessed and questioned and undermined and pearl clutched.

Obviously in a case of clear medical emergency that’s not true and other considerations are paramount, but as the VHC example shows the “clear medical necessity” figure is smaller than the c-section rate. And I think that’s fine if the difference is made up wholly of people like the PP who just prefer a c-section. When someone chooses laparoscopic surgery over open, or physical therapy and cortisone shots over knee replacement, we don’t shriek about how much better one is than the other. Why can we not treat birth choices that way?[/quote]

I agree with everything you said, expect the part where you ask why we don’t treat birth choices that way. You got a mouse in your pocket? Who is “we”? Because as dismissive and rude as this thread has been in many ways, I don’t think one person has been like, “No woman should just get to choose C-section.” That said, to act all blasé like “oh just get a C-section” and equating it with physical therapy is actually pretty dismissive and rude to people who have had a C-section, just so you know.[/quote]

You’re right, I was imprecise in my language. Why doesn’t the DCUM board approach peoples stated preferences as…stated preferences worthy of respect and the assumption that those preferences are backed up by reasonable personal preference.

I actually was equating a c-section with knee replacement, but I don’t think people go into either a c-section *or* knee replacement blasé or unaware of their less-surgical options, but someone who chooses or needs a c-section is not less deserving of respect for their choice than someone who chooses or needs a knee replacement rather than physical therapy. [/quote]

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