Can I Have An Elective C Section

About 40 of women who have a c section after a day of labor have infection in their uterus and other areas.

Can i have an elective c section. If you make a request for a c section for any non medical reason such as anxiety about childbirth your request will be treated as a request for an elective c section or a maternal request c section. I wanted to have an elective c section on maternal request and everyone including my doctor tried to tell me it was a bad idea. There has never been a legal case on women s entitlement to maternal request c sections but you have a right to make decisions about the circumstances of your birth under article 8 of the european convention on human rights.

If you do an elective c section before labor beings there s only a 1 rate of complication. The rate of respiratory problems is 10 for elective c section at 37 weeks but it is 2 8 for intended vaginal deliveries. If your practitioner agrees to perform an elective c section it should not be performed until you are past 39 weeks of pregnancy to reduce the risk of preterm delivery of your baby.

Do i have a right to a c section. You can ask but your provider will likely discourage you from seeking a planned c section unless you have a good medical reason for getting one. That s because unnecessary c sections are more risky to you and your baby than having a vaginal birth and increase your chances of needing a c section for subsequent pregnancies.

You need to separate elective c sections from those who labor all day and then have a c section. If you know you will need a c section before you go into labour this is called a planned elective c section. If you and your healthcare team decide at short notice that a c section is the safest way to deliver your baby it is called an emergency c section.

About one in four women who give birth in the uk have a c section. Despite health risks for both baby and mom including a life threatening uterine rupture for women and a greater risk of stillbirth for baby c section deliveries are rising. That is why we say you should never do elective cesarean section at 37.

I m in n ireland and i think you can ask for an elective c section but they will try and talk you out of it. A scheduled surgery for nonmedical reasons is called an elective cesarean delivery and your doctor may allow this option. This includes the.