Anonymous wrote:She brings up good points about the lack of post maternal care. Then the give her a t scar which means she'll never be able to try for a vbac and increases risk of future pregnancies. Interesting.
THEN she is kept from her baby in the NICU.

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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?

Well that is indeed a concern. But from an ethical standpoint do we have an obligation to the child?

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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?

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, the medical team made the right call.
This woman had some serious wishful thinking going on if she thought this was likely to end as an uncomplicated, successful vaginal delivery. As much as it sucks to have a hard C section recovery, at the end of the day the medical team is having to make these calculations knowing how things could have gone horribly wrong if they hadn’t intervened. They see how these go down every day. One woman’s wishful thinking does not change reality.

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.

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.