3.4 Reasons for CS from a maternal point of view
Most of the respondents were able to declare the reason that led their
doctors to perform CS. The most common reason is the inappropriate
pelvic dimensions for safe delivery (33.6%). Other reasons included the
baby position (13.9%), fetal distress (9.1%), twins (5.5%), and
previous CS (4.6%). On the other hand, the majority of the respondents
didn’t request a CS (79.2%) or planned it (56.2%) with their doctors.
The most common reasons that the respondents claimed to request a CS
were the fear of normal delivery (9.6%), the impression that the CS is
easier (6.3%) and has no pain (4.6%), and for cosmetic reasons
(0.4%).
It is worth mentioning that a high percent of the respondents had the
confidence that the doctors performed their CS for medical reasons
(86.3%) and that the majority of the respondents (92.7%) failed to
have a normal delivery after that.