Too posh to push?

Another article discussing the debate on childbirth was in BBC News today on how despite The Royal College of Midwives’ warning that too many women are having unnecessary caesareans, the rate in the UK has not gone down — presently, 1 in 4 babies are delivered by caesarean. (Compared to 1 in 5 five years ago.)
While the Department of Health seems to believe that the caesarean rate is not a problem, experts have been trying to decrease the number of women who get the surgery when they don’t really need it, which is dubbed as “Too posh to push.�
Even Deputy General Secretary Louise Silverton noted, “Women may choose Caesarean section due to their fear of the labour, because it is suggested by a doctor, or they see media stars having caesareans as a ‘lifestyle choice’.”
That just scares me. With this whole obsession with pregnancy and “hot mommies” in Hollywood right now, would women really cut their tummies open because Angelina Jolie did it?? (“Like, that stomach scar is just so hot right now.â€?)
I’d like to think not.

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