Topic: Postpartum

A discussion highlights claims from the documentary The Business of Being Born regarding the convenience of C-sections for doctors compared to lengthy natural labors. A client report from a postpartum ward suggests that 80% of births on a single night were surgical interventions.

Emmy Robin recounts a night where a hospital claimed to have no labor and delivery rooms available, keeping a client in triage for hours. She later learned that 80% of the births that night were C-sections, which she attributes to medical convenience and profit.