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by MCNB » Sat, 27 Feb 2010 2:28 am
My wife is going to give birth to our second child this summer, our first delivery in Singapore. Her hope is to have a natural child birth, as she did with our first child, unless there are medically necessary reasons for intervention.
Our doctor says that his rate for C-sections is about 30%, which is about the norm in Singapore (and the U.S.). Personally, we feel that sounds high but of course there are many factors influencing that. In any case, it seems to us that by the time the doctor arrives on the scene for delivery, most of the big decisions (inducing labor, epidurals, etc.) have already been made and sometimes it is those decisions that make having a c-section more likely. (Not always, of course!)
Soooo...what I am wondering is, for those of you who had the goal of a natural and drug-free childbirth -- and I am not denigrating those who chose differently -- did you find that the hospital staff respected your decisions and/or birth plan? We are likely to have our child at Mt. Elizabeth.
Obviously it depends on the individuals involved, but I'm curious to hear any responses. Our experience in the U.S. with our first child was mixed -- we had an amazing nurse and a good delivery doctor, but the (female) doctor in charge of the nurse was downright hostile to natural childbirth and without ANY medical reasons. She just didn't like that it was taking too long (and my wife had a relatively short labor!).
Thanks for any advice.