let me start it ---- Ceasareans on demand.....

[Dee Sa]

How on earth can the govt sanction this when the NHS is in dire straits ? its going to cost approx £800 per birth ! yes if its a medical necessity of course but on a whim, what about the extra complications it brings, longer stay in hospital etc, have they thought it through properly.Spend the money on training more midwives.
Before you ask, yes I have had three natural births.

[Bobbisox]

madness Dee...madness :-(

[ummmm]

How much would a natural birth cost? Say for a woman is in labour for 48 hours.

[craft1948]

I don't know how the costs stack up............I went into maternity hospital on Sunday and didn't have the daughter until the Tuesday.

[B00]

But how much does the midwife cost if you're in labour for hours? And not that im expert, but im willing to bet that even with a caesarean you're not in hospital afterwards for all that much longer than if you'd given birth naturally.

[ummmm]

That's what I'm wondering Craft. 48 hours in labour, how much would that cost in just midwifes wages?

[B00]

sorry ummmm and craft, didn't really notice that you'd asked the same thing.

[Bobbisox]

there would have to be aftercare as well BOO, a woman, having had a C Section won't be as mobile as a one who has given birth naturally, I would have thought

[tamborine]

Ceasers loosen stomach muscles which have never firmed up in cases I've known.

[B00]

I'm willing to bet in this day and age Bobbs, that aftercare is pretty minimal after a C section.

Like I said, im no expert, so I could be wrong :-)

[Bobbisox]

maybe you are right BOO, when it comes to Gynea Ops now, they are in and out in 48 hrs, I suppose this is a good thing

[jake-the-peg]

Seems to be it's legitimising what is almost the status quo - or certainly was when my kids were born. There were two mothers in then getting a Cesarean for no real medical reason.

"Too posh to push" isn't it called?

[mrchirpy]

My little nephew was a caesarian birth. You can't really tell, except whenever he leaves a room he goes out the window.

[ummmm]

It is very minimal now BOO.

Tambo....that's not so much the case anymore. It's pregnancy that loosens the muscles...

[JonnyBoy12]

My cat Mum Puss gave birth to 3 kittens in one go. Does this count as 3 natural births or just the 1?

[B00]

counts as a bloody miracle if you're the father Jonny.

[snags]

^ ;-p

[237SJ]

Maybe the extra cost of caesareans is less than the cost of the compensation payouts when natural births go wrong. I can`t think of any other reason so sanction such a thing.

[Ankou]

the correction is that apparently a c-sec costs about £800 'more than' a natural birth- presumably because of the additional experts required during the procedure.

but given that a private maternity programme at the portland costs around £10k, £800 aint that much.

also a c-sec is still quite a major operation and not the easy option that people seem to believe. certainly not for mrs kou.

[tamborine]

ummm, normal births leave most with good shape in later life.

More are done in summer so medics can plan their hols, mine were. Refuse the convenience I say, as you pay later with big stomachs.

[Sqad]

Excellent idea.

Most women would elect to savour the "joys of becoming a mother " and giving birth would be a "wondrous event " for all to behold.

Others would say "stuff all that wondrous talk" just get the baby out as painlessly as possible.

The on-call acoucheurs would say " thank God, lets get the Caesars over with during the day so that I can have a good night's sleep"

CS are safer than to the mother than normal births.