Follow up on Caesarean section by the SCMP

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. :)

Natural birth vs Caesarean

'Four in 10 HK babies born under the knifeAlarm expressed at rise in Caesarean sections'

by Ng Yuk-hangUpdated on Mar 22, 2010

After one of our HK babies was born in a Honda Jazz last weekend with the assistant of a midwife. The SCMP had a follow up headline the next day. I wasn't very surpirsed when I read the figures as I was also persuaded to have a voluntary c-section. Now I understand it is almost like an ethical issue when we talk about natural birth and c-section without a medical reason. Are women more vulnerable now in HK? Our figures for c-section almost topped the list :p

'The average Caesarean rate across Asia is 27.3 per cent - 19.8 per cent in Japan, 35.6 per cent in Vietnam and 46.2 per cent on the mainland. The percentages for Latin America and the United States are 35 and 31 per cent respectively. ' (SCMP, 22 march 2010)

Well, I have no intention to have a planned c-section. I love following the flow and believe that the baby should come when it's ready. I believe that God has a way.

No comment on why we people would prefer c-section these days. Just understand that people in other countries are researching into ways of facilitating natural births and I know this is the healthy trend.

So work hard Tiger babe.. mommy supports you, come when you are ready :) I will here standing by for you :)