Having an Elective Cesarean: Doing What's Best for Me

Abstract

To determine how women decide to deliver their infants by cesarean instead of experiencing a trial of labor and expected vaginal delivery when appropriate. The specific goals were to answer the research questions: What is the decision-making process by which healthy, low risk women choose to give birth to their infants by cesarean in the absence of medical indications? What antecedents occur to influence a pregnant woman's decision to undergo a maternal request cesarean?