There is no way that a highly visible abdominal operation scar is going to be more visually appealing than vaginal tearing (that only a few people will ever see). Best case scenario is that you'll have a white scar line visible for the rest of your life. Worst case is that unpredictable scar tissue can cause deformations in the area that cause your body to "overhang" the scar, and you don't even have to get fat for that to happen.
That was my bad, I misspoke and oversimplified.
In that case if her doctors were advising against a C-section they must have had some serious concerns.
I'd think that maybe, because the brain was on the outside, it would be rather difficult to pass through the birth canal without, um, ripping the brain right off the skull? Who knows, maybe a compassionate doctor advised against it to facilitate a 'natural' "oopsie" that would save that poor infant from any further suffering.
I think it might’ve also been because of how c-sections have a higher chance of complications for the mother, as well as further complications for later births ranging from uterine ruptures to miscarriage. Considering there was no way to save a fetus whose organs are outside of its body, it just doesn’t make any sense from the doctor’s perspective to put a mother at a greater danger and complicate all of her potential future pregnancies just to perform a procedure that’s not going to do shit in the end.
There's no dignity in dying with your organs growing on the outside either. And there is especially no dignity in forcing people (including very young kids) to look at dead fetuses, as some fundies love to do, and I hope this woman didn't force anybody to look at her horrifically deformed dead newborn.
While c-sections are life saving and necessary in many cases I can tell you many women want c-sections because they fear giving birth naturally.
this simply isn't true. There are women who had an easier time with a c-section for whatever reason, and there are women who don't strongly prefer one or the other.
Use of forceps increases the risk of the pelvic floor tearing I described earlier, but the majority of assisted births use vaccuum devices on the baby's skull instead of forceps and have for quite some time. the only sure way to prevent future incontinence or prolapse is to have an elective c-section. there is no care an OBGYN can provide that overcomes the obstacles of the pelvic floor muscles being changed dramatically by vaginal child birth. The majority of cases of incontinence and prolapse emerge after menopause, and vaginal birth is the largest risk factor.
“If a baby is to die, why are some hell-bent in making that death as heinous and horrific as possible?”
This is a theory I could buy.
