It’s not strange that many women can’t deliver naturally. Women used to die in childbirth pretty regularly before C- Sections.
And often, it’s not even that, but fetal distress. Sometimes it’s about saving the baby’s life and not the mother’s ability to deliver.
The idea that women choose c-sections over labor because it’s easier or more convenient, or whatever, is ludicrous. It’s major surgery and the recovery is no picnic.
I had both of my sons by C-section and I’m not sorry.
With the first, labor just was not progressing. When he was born, he had the umbilical cord around his neck. It didn’t cause any problems because it never tightened, which it would have during a natural delivery.
With the second, my doctor offered me the opportunity to try a natural birth again. I declined as there is a risk of uterine rupture. That son had the cord wrapped around his neck- twice! Again it didn’t tighten and cause problems.
I think the sections might well have saved both their lives. My second section may have saved another baby as well. My doctor had come in to do my section and they were getting me ready when people started running around like mad. My doctor had another patient in labor when her baby’s heart rate suddenly dropped and they were unable to get it back up. Since the doctor was already there for me, they were able to rush her into the OR. I found out later that she had something called an abruption, where the placenta detaches before the baby is born. If an immediate section isn’t done you will lose the baby and maybe the mother as well.
Some women apparently feel that the section deprives them of of the real birth experience. I think having them come out healthy is most important.