Many people read about Joy Szabo's journey from pregnant mom looking for a repeat VBAC to fight with local hospital complete with threatening court-ordered cesarean if she arrived in labor to her eventual move to Phoenix to be able to have a trial of labor. Well as CNN reports, Ms Szabo had a successful and wonderful VBAC. It is a real happy ending to a journey that no woman should have been forced to take.
Pregnancy is a time of anticipation and excitement. It is also exhausting and sometimes a little scary. It represents the great unknown. Sure birth is wonderful and trusting it is the right of every woman, but what is going to happen with your body and your birth. And unfortunately many women do not get the support necessary or the informed consent/education required to make decisions that are truly in their best interests. They get instead anecdotal advice and scare tactics. And that is not to say it does not come from both sides.
What women really deserve is clear-cut information that allows them to make their own "best decision". And doctors and hospitals should be able to listen and work with women in a fair and equal partnership without the fear of unnecessary litigation or protocol that benefits the overhead of the hospital.
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