Women who go private to give birth more likely to have Caesarean

Women who go private to have their baby are almost three times more likely than public patients to have an elective Caesarean section, according to a study of 75,000 women attending a Dublin maternity hospital.

The increased elective Caesarean rate among private patients is linked in the study of patients at the Coombe Women and Infants’ Hospital to a desire for continuity of care from an obstetrician from women who are “risk-averse”. Women who opt for private care are more likely to have experienced pregnancy loss, infertility treatment and multiple pregnancies, and are on average more than five years older than public patients, the authors found.

“This suggests that women are choosing private care, in part, because they are more risk-averse for clinical and sociodemographic reasons. They prefer a model of care where there is continuity of care by a senior obstetrician and where they believe they can optimise a good clinical outcome for their baby and themselves.

You could argue that those who can afford to go private are a different population, income- and age-wise, than those who cannot afford it

And a functioning pelvic floor

Too posh to push.

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