The buzz in England is about childbirth. It's the old debate about nature versus science creeping up again. And no, I'm not talking about the latest ovary news, but about a more normal childbirth. She'd miss that moment of bonding, when she pulled her infant to her breast. She'd miss a truly natural experience.
Convenience is one reason.
A cesarean birth can be scheduled to meet both the doctor's and the patient's needs. And then there are the birth's aftereffects. At one European hospital, a fifth of all women who had a second baby reported suffering urinary incontinence after their first born, while fully a third suffered from incontinence if they'd had five babies. For obvious reasons, older mothers are more at risk than younger ones. When forceps are used, the peritoneal damage is worsened.