Comments on: Elective Surgery: Nose Job. Breast Augmentation. Cesarean????

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:17:36 +0000

This is really interesting, I wish I would have been more knowledgeble on the subject before opting for a c-section. I was going to have a normal labor until I pushed for 1 hr and a half and thought the pain was too much to bare and in the spur of the moment yelled I wanted a c-section. I didnt know a VBAC had any risks. What kind of risk? If’ I’d known that perhaps I would have tried to push a little longer. But I really felt weak, hadnt eaten anything for 12 hrs!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:20:29 +0000

I too am dismayed by the doctors decision, based on the scan data. I was told at 37 weeks by the sonographer that my baby was 71/2 lbs and would be over 8lbs at birth. He was 6 lbs 13oz at birth. Secondly, i have a friend who delivered an almost 12lb baby (i am not kidding!) vaginally and without drugs. Thank goodness we have the medical technology available when we really need it, but how sad that it would be recommended so flippantly.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:30:15 +0000

I enjoyed reading your blog on this topic. I teach Prenatal Yoga in Naples Florida and since moving here last year from New Zealand, I have been completely taken aback by the number of elective cesarians! In New Zealand hospitals have a rating system based on their percentage of interventions and cesarians. If they have a high percentage of cesarians it is known to be less safe and many women will elect to travel farther away to a hospital with a lower percentage. I think another reason for the huge numbers of elective Cesarians here is that the insurance companies pay much more for surgery! Keep up your wonderful work!!!

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By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:07:08 +0000

I just found your website tonight, and have really been enjoying your blog entries. (I’m looking for prenatal yoga classes in NYC. So delighted to discover you’re just a few blocks away on the UWS!) I look forward to attending classes at your studio, hopefully as soon as this weekend.