VIDON, AUBREY ROSE A.

April 15, 2020

BSN 2Y2-2

WEEK 14 (NUSING JUDGEMENT)

REACTION PAPER about Medically Unnecessary Cesarean Section

The article of Medically Unnecessary Cesarean Section discussed the risk of a pregnant
woman who plans to take a cesarean section, how it is more risk than the vaginal birth and
the higher risk for fetus. “Treating normal female reproductive functions as pathologies and
promoting “improvements” that later prove harmful is not new” stated in the article, for me,
when a woman becomes pregnant, her life is already at risk, especially when she was in her
delivery stage. Cesarean sections are lifesaving if you need them. In some situations, a
cesarean section is not only preferable but mandatory—situations involving conditions like
placenta previa, in which going into labor would precipitate life-threatening hemorrhaging,
or cord prolapse, which can cause the death of a baby if a cesarean section is not
performed in a manner of minutes. But in most instances, the surgery is not the preferred
mode of delivery. Evidence and expert consensus are consistent on the message that C-
sections, on average, come with greater risks than vaginal births: more blood loss, more
chance of infection or blood clots, more complications in future pregnancies, a higher risk of
death. Even if serious complications don’t occur, Cesarean section recovery tends to be
longer and harder. We just cannot stop the pregnancy woman to have any complications,
especially those who have illness or disease before pregnancy. So having a cesarean section
is only the best option for them to have their baby.