The concern caused by Caesarean births (scmp, 24 Mar 2010)
"Doctors take an oath to practise medicine ethically. They vow to do the best they can to care for patients and pledge not to harm them. Yet the dangerously high number of babies born by Caesarean section in Hong Kong calls that promise into question. Too many lives seem to be needlessly put at risk in the name of good luck, avoiding pain, convenience and making money. A Caesarean section is major abdominal surgery. It should be turned to by doctors as a last resort in births that endanger the life of a mother or her baby. The risks and complications mean that it should be used sparingly. Yet World Health Organisation statistics show that in Hong Kong it is routine - and indeed, in some cases, the method of birth of choice.
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All these articles just came in the right time to make me feel all better and confident again :)
I am happy now :) for I was discouraged to go for a natural birth and was getting confused about making the right choice. :)
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