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Midwives left ‘powerless’ by soaring caesar births
Adam Cresswell, Health editor
September 05, 2005
“THE number of women giving birth by caesarean section is rising fast, and could soon hit a record of 32 per cent of deliveries – far higher than in countries such as Britain and New Zealand.
There are more than 250,000 births a year nationwide, and emerging hospital data indicates the increase in caesarean rates since the mid-1990s may be accelerating.”
…”The reasons for the sharp increase in Australia were difficult to establish conclusively, Professor Tracy said, but more than 80 per cent of women who had a caesarean for their first child went on to have caesareans for their subsequent children. “They are coming back and not necessarily being encouraged to have a vaginal birth,” she said.
“It’s the whole madness of technology – the biggest risk factor for any of these things is to have private obstetric care.”
Jenny Hatch