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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>More women in Eastern Uganda are opting to deliver their children by caesarean section (C-section) even when there is no compelling medical reason for it, health officials have revealed.<\/p>\n

Dr Godwin Kitongo, a medical officer in Mt Elgon hospital, said expectant mothers, mainly the working class in urban areas, prefer caesarean birth because they do not want to experience labour pains.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past, women only opted for C-section after they got complications with vaginal labour in order to save their babies and their lives as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that other reasons for C- section include fear of childbirth, positive attitudes toward caesarean birth and superstitious beliefs, among others.<\/p>\n

Dr Daniel Kayebi, the officer-in- charge at Nabiganda Health Centre IV in Butaleja District, said teenage pregnancies have also contributed to the rise of C-section births.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost mothers, who undergo caesarean section at this facility, are below the age of 18 and cannot push the baby. If they are forced to give birth naturally, you find them getting complications or losing their babies because their bones are not ready,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Dr Kayebi said mothers, who took long to bear children, also opt for C-section because they do not want to risk losing their babies.He further said today hospitals are everywhere and expectant mothers have multiple choices unlike before when hospitals were few and pregnant women had no choice but to give birth naturally.<\/p>\n

Dr Steven Waiswa, a gynaecologist at Mbale hospital, also said the demand for caesarean section is rising because of the number of women with health illnesses such as high blood pressure, diabetes, among others, are on the rise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the pressure of an expectant mother is too high and she is in labour, she cannot push the baby because if she does, she may end up losing the baby and also her life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, a midwife at Mbale hospital, who preferred anonymity, said the demand for intern doctors to get experience through carrying out C-section has led many expectant mothers to be forced to undergo the operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany mothers who can give birth naturally are being taken for C-section and used as experiments for intern doctors,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

Mothers speakout<\/b><\/p>\n

Ms Edith Mukwanga, a resident of Nkoma ward in Northern City Division, told Daily Monitor on Wednesday that she opted for C-section because it is safer than natural birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked for a baby for seven years and when I finally got pregnant, I did not want to take risks so I decided to undergo cesarean birth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Rose Mary Kwaga, a resident of Busamaga Ward in Northern City Division, said: \u201cI was originally told that I can give birth naturally but when the time came to give birth, one of the doctors told my husband that I cannot push the baby and I ended up going for the C-section,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Ms Fatuma Masaba, another resident, said: \u201cWhen I gave birth to my first son, I was really mistreated by some nurses who were on duty that night and since then I vowed to use C- section because it is less stressful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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