I did a little digging around in the CBB archives, and Mary McCormak is the woman I was referring to earlier. Her exact quote was that she had C-sections to “‘preserve’ my vagina and to avoid the ‘bullshit’ vaginal birth can cause, such as incontinence.”

Renee- I am concerned about it for two reasons:

1. The C-section rate in the U.S. is way, way too high.

2. By having elective C-sections, celebs are putting their babies in danger. A C-section is MAJOR surgery, and like any other MAJOR surgery, they carry risks. Why expose yourself and your baby to unneccesary risks?

Anyway, that said, I certainly don’t think my comments are going to persuade other women not to have C-sections. I’m just sharing my opinion on the matter (and when I said that Britney and Christina had elective C-sections because they were afraid of the pain of vaginal birth, I wasn’t criticizing them. I was just stating a fact).

Obviously you have your opinion and I have mine. Let’s agree to disagree and leave it at that.

Sue- You do have a point, I guess. I guess I think of “too posh to push” as not wanting to mess up your nether regions (which was basically the case with Christina, who was afraid she’d tear). One actress (I forgot her name, but she has two daughters, and one’s name is Rose) even said that she had C-sections to “preserve her vagina”.

Anyway, like with Renee and I, let’s just agree to disagree and leave it at that.

Being afraid of the pain (which is fairly normal and expected) is not the same as being “too posh to push”.

The phrase itself is judgemental, it isn’t for us to decide or judge a women’s reasons.

CBL, they have that right. I don’t understand why you think making hurtful comments about them is going to persuade other women to not have c-sections. Why are you even concerned about it? It’s their body, not yours

Sue- Actually, she was more or less stating a fact. Some celebs DO have C-sections because they are basically “too posh to push”.

For example, both Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera had elective C-sections because they were afraid of the pain of a vaginal birth.

However they come out…as long as they (and you) are happy and hralthy…that is all that matters!!

Sorry CBL, LNC herself makes a comment about “vain, too posh to push” attitudes. So she was being judgemental.

I would much much prefer to have a vaginal delivery over a c-section anyday. But the fact is that I can not judge the choices of other women based on what I want for myself. And that seems to be what so many people here are doing. Do I fully understand why a woman would opt for an elective c-section when a vaginal delivery is feasible? No, but it’s not my body and not my choice. I decide what is right for my body and my family, and I respect other women enough to do the same without being judgemental about their choices.

Pencils,
Yes,it sounds dumb when you put it that way that the DR is trying to push a c-section on you just to make a golf game.The truth is that it happens. Example ? My baby is due on the christmas holiday. This has really really given me problems trying to get an OB.My family doctor kept trying to refer me to all these different doctors, and no one would take me.Now, at almost 7 months, I have met my OB for the first time last week.Many doctors I saw before would not take me because I was totally against having an elective c-section, especially so early as 36.5 weeks.I wanted to hold out and be induced at least at 38 weeks.I felt stupid having to sit there and negotiate with them. One DR was very rude and said that “just because I didn’t mind spending christmas in the hospital, doesn’t mean that everyone else wanted to be there” under her breath. I felt bad because I understand many of them have families and that christmas is an important time, it just sucks for people like me, especially when they can pick and choose patients to go with their lifestyle.So for some people, finding a doctor may not be as easy as you think. It took me 6 months to find a doctor that would take me.So late on in the game, I think i’m gonna settle for what I have and try to make the best of it.

rowanbb- You may prefer a C-section, but some women simply don’t want them. I, for example, have no desire to ever have a C-section should I have children. The thought of someone cutting me open and messing around with my insides just makes me shudder!

Not to mention (and I know this is pretty silly), the thought of not being able to feel my lower body frightens me! Anyway, just because you might be fine with a C-section doesn’t mean all women are! I also don’t think it’s unreasonable for a woman to feel let down because her body was unable to do what should come naturally.

Sue- I don’t think LNC was trying to be judgemental of women’s birth choices. She and I (along with some of the other commentors) simply don’t understand why a woman would choose to have MAJOR surgery when it isn’t neccesary!

C-sections are great and even life-saving when they are neccesary. I am all for those types of C-sections (I myself was born via medically neccesary C-section).

However, I am definently NOT for elective or “doctor demanded” C-sections. Doctors don’t seem to realize or care that not all C-sections are neccesary. As another commentor has pointed out, a nuchal cord (when the cord is wrapped around the neck) doesn’t always have to mean C-section.

Even a baby in a breech position doesn’t have to mean a C-section (my mother, who was footling breech, is living proof of that!).

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like the fact that most doctors seem to think it’s okay to perform MAJOR ABDOMINAL SURGERY when it isn’t neccesary! I mean, imagine if someone asked you if you’d like medically unneccesary surgery. In most cases, you’d probably say “NO WAY!!!”