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.