There is a documentary, "The Business of Being Born" that covers this. Summary: the more medical interventions used to "help", the more it slows down the natural process and leads to complications.
Epidurals numb you completely so you can't feel how hard (or not) to push, and the women end up blowing themselves out. Doctors get impatient waiting for delivery, which is slowed down in stressful environments like hospitals with people everywhere, being hooked up to machines and having your dilation checked every 5 minutes, so they recommend c-sections when they aren't necessary.
Endo_Aryan 3 points 3.3 years ago
There is a documentary, "The Business of Being Born" that covers this. Summary: the more medical interventions used to "help", the more it slows down the natural process and leads to complications.
Epidurals numb you completely so you can't feel how hard (or not) to push, and the women end up blowing themselves out. Doctors get impatient waiting for delivery, which is slowed down in stressful environments like hospitals with people everywhere, being hooked up to machines and having your dilation checked every 5 minutes, so they recommend c-sections when they aren't necessary.