I've got a c-section booked this autumn, for no other reason than it's MY decision to have MY baby from MY body that way.
It's between me and my doctor, and nobody else's business.
Kerri
This is just so horribly grim in so many ways. Maternal health, infant health, cost, staffing. Just in basically every way, it's extremely worrying if caesareans are being implemented when the medical indicators perhaps don't require it. Or, if they are actually medically required, why the increase?
James O'Flynn
One in four births in England are now emergency caesareans, BBC analysis shows
The shift marks a significant rise over the last five years, but experts say there is no single, clear explanation for the increase.
