Women who are 'too posh to push' could be four times more likely to die in childbirth by opting for a caesarean section instead of natural birth, research has revealed.
A major study of more than 94,000 births found that women who had a planned caesarean section, favoured by celebrities... were putting themselves and their babies at increased risk of serious complications.
The research, published in the British Medical Journal online, found that the risk of maternal death was three to five times higher compared with natural deliveries. The risk of requiring a hysterectomy after a caesarean section was four times higher than for a natural birth and twice as high for being admitted to intensive care and needing a hospital stay of more than seven days.
For babies in a breech position, a caesarean section was safer but for those in a normal head-first position the risk of the baby dying or suffering serious problems was raised by one and a half times.
Experts said the study was a "reality check" that caesarean sections carry risks and are not 'just another delivery option'...
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