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Caesarean Sections 'Available To All Women' On NHS Under New Guidelines

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First Posted: 29/10/11 23:47 BST Updated: 01/11/11 23:41 GMT   PA

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Women will soon have the right to give birth by caesarean section on the NHS whether there is a medical need for the operation or not, according to a report.

Previously, women were expected to give birth naturally unless there was a medical reason not to.

But now healthy women can choose to undergo the procedure, according to a draft report by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).

The guidelines are being changed as caesarean sections are now much safer than in the past.

There have been cases where women have persuaded doctors to carry out a caesarean section when it was not medically necessary, although such cases were uncommon.

The report is due to be published next month after being checked for any factual errors.

A Nice spokesman said: "This is a draft report and is due for publication next month after consultation. As a result the report could change."

Doctors who do not wish to carry out the procedure for non-medical or ethical reasons will be able to refer women who want a caesarean to other doctors who are willing to do so, The Sunday Times reported.

Women will also have to talk through their reasons for wanting the operation with doctors and midwives before being able to finalise their decision.

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Fudgefase
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03:50 PM on 10/31/2011
Heaven forfend that your man might have to put up with 'slacker bits' after you've had your kiddies - so yes, go for the major surgery instead, just as long as your 'bits' stay nice and firm for his pleasure. Don't be a dipstick ladies - this actually is fairly heavy surgery and is not always problem free. Go with nature - you are fully equipped to have a baby naturally, and leave the caesarians for the ladies who really do need them.
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tinyshawna
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02:38 PM on 10/31/2011
As a woman who has had three medically needed c-sections I advise ALL women to go with natural labor if they can. There are so many things that can go wrong...it is a SURGERY and no one should go through that if they can help it. I had to be put out with my second delivery and missed my son's birth...don't do it ladies, just don't.
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David Greenburg
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01:15 PM on 10/31/2011
As an American doctor I am flabbergasted by this decision by the NHS. Optionally, completely elective medically unnecessary surgery--this is CRAZY! The unspoken message of this decision is that a c-section is as safe and recovery is as quick and complete as vaginal delivery which is unfortunately not true. This decision medicalizes what should be a natural event. It is worth mentioning that the cumulative cost of c-section is significantly higher than vaginal delivery. Given the financial position of the UK and the NHS this is also a fiscally unwise decision. Next up ... "elective" abdominoplasty to help hide all those unneeded c-section scars?
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nikanj
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03:52 AM on 11/06/2011
Not to mention that 'once a c-section, always a c-section' seems to be
the prevailing methodology again.
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11:41 AM on 10/31/2011
TOO POSH TO PUSH, comes to mind, but seriously there are great dangers with this method of birth, you are given either a General or Spinal Anasthetic which carries it's own dangers to say nothing of the invasive abdominal surgery. These procedures should only be use if they are medically required.
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landskroon
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09:48 AM on 10/31/2011
Oh, where did nature go. Dont get pregnant if you are so cowardly that you need a Caesarean to hide you are scared for pain and labor. You probably also need Institutions to bring up the child, too scared to take painful decissions
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