Fear of Childbirth Could Lead to Having A C-Section
Last month there was a study done in The international journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) that said women who have Tokophobia, the fear of childbirth, were more likely to have a C-Section.
You can read the full Science Daily report here
In fact the statistics were sited as saying that induction of delivery, which often results in having a C-section, was more common among women that had a fear of childbirth as compared to women without such fears.
Also women who fear childbirth were more likely to request they deliver by C-Section.
This follows suit with a post I did back in August, 2008 about Tokophobia, which at the time, was not something I was very familiar with, but I soon found out that fear of childbirth was a severe debilitating disease affecting about 1 in 7 women. Read more »
Have you had a C-Section or perhaps shared in the C-Section experience with a spouse or loved one? If so, please share your story with us.
Just a few years ago your chances of having a c-section were about 20%.
There’s a lot of buzz about how the C-Section rate is climbing in the U.S.
I just recently read that in Shanghai one of the reasons women choose to have a C-section is because they feel it will preserve their figure.
A popular question when having a Cesarean is having a tummy tuck after a C-Section. 




