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Making decisions about birth after caesareanArrow
Aged 40 and over
Interview 05  

Interview 05

Age at Interview: 42
Background: Advertising manager with a three and a half year old daughter. Husband is a recruitment manager. Ethnic background: White British (English).
Brief outline:Had a very traumatic 1st birth, long labour, CS was offered only after baby went into distress. Felt excluded from decisions and treated unsympathetically. Felt pushed into VBAC with 2nd birth. Chose to go private instead and had planned CS.


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She thinks the NHS have a hidden agenda to push women into vaginal birth to save costs.

 



I'd like to know, do you know what I would love to know is why the NHS have this agenda. Is it saving money or is it, is it, I mean they always portray it as for the patients' best interests [laughs]. But I'd just love, I'd be interested to know. I'd love to know, I would, would, just that I think, I just do think that locally you should be able to get an impartial, both sides, these are the risks, you make the decision. And then I wouldn't have to pay a fortune and travel away from home.

And I do also think that they should let you see a proper consultant, especially if you're over forty, without any battle attached to it, it's a reasonable request.
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