C-Sections

[princess_ballet]

Why do some Protestants oppose C-sections? :scratch:

[Miss Shelby]

Why do some Protestants oppose C-sections? :scratch:Some do?

Michelle

[September]

I've never heard of Protestants opposing C-sections...:confused:

[EdmundBlackadderTheThird]

I wasn't aware that anyone opposes them. I guess if you oppose the medical community you might but the only church I know of that is remotely like that Christian Science and they are anything but Protestant, I think by the rules here they are considered a cult. I know that me and my wife prefer natural but our first was a c-section and the second natural, the next ones will be natural if it is possible but if not then a c-section is the only option.

[Bulldog]

If they do its their own personal belief, because I do not know of any protestant church that is officialy against c-sections.

[LuxPerpetua]

Ditto Bulldog.

Personally I oppose any unnatural intervention in childbirth unless the mother or child's life is in danger, but this is just my personal belief and not one dictated by the church. I don't think c-sections are sinful, but I disagree with the over "medicalization" of childbirth and parenting that exists in our society today. I'm not a mom, though, so my views may totally change once I reach this bridge myself.

[ufonium2]

Why do some Protestants oppose C-sections? :scratch:
Would they rather the child die? Or the mother? I can't think why any group, Protestant or otherwise, would want that. Maybe some of the groups that don't believe in doctors, but like the others have said, they are cults.

[princess_ballet]

The reason I ask is because twice now I have heard of Protestant women (one at least is Baptist) going against the doctor's recommendation of a C-section becuase "that wasn't right." I was curious.

One of the women (I guess I'm not sure she was even a Christian) but I heard in the news that she opposed having a C-section and the baby died. I guess I thougt she was because the first time I heard this was from a Baptist women that I know very well and I figured that is must be something like that.

Better to clear it up than believe something wrongly though; right? :)

[LuxPerpetua]

I was raised Baptist and know many Baptist kidlets who have been delivered via c-section. Baptists are VERY pro-life, so I doubt that they would be against the life-giving power of c-sections. ;)

[JOYfulbeliever]

I'm baptist and this is the first I've heard of this! :D

I was born via C-section...sooooo...I'm kinda glad my parents weren't opposed to it! ^_^

There is nothing from the Baptist church standpoint (that I am aware of anyway) that is in opposition of a C-section. I have a feeling the women probably opposed to it for their own reasons, not because of anything they have heard from the church. Or, if so, it was something and individual church taught...and something that I would question seriously, since I don't believe anywhere in the Bible refer to anything like a C-section being wrong.

I went to high school with a girl who's family was opposed to any medical intervention. They took no medication - whether over the counter or by prescription. They would go to the hospital or the doctor only to find out what was wrong - no treatment was allowed. I knwo this because the girl had myriads of health problems...she would have seizures at school, they would call an ambulance, but once they got to the hospital, the doctors could only speculate because no invasive tests could be performed. Their reasoning was that "God is in control and is the Ultimate Healer." They were either from the Church of God or Church of Christ. I honestly can not remember. I don't know if this was a church teaching or just something that their family believed.

My personal belief in this - God is the Ultimate Healer. He's proven that to me countless times. But He has also provided us with means that we should use - doctors and hospitals being part of them! We have to take some responsiblity ourselves!

Anyway...sorry, princess...long answer just to say that Protestants aren't opposed to C-sections! :)

[dsdumpling]

Why do some Protestants oppose C-sections? :scratch:
None that I know of either.

[Knight]

As far as I know there is no official Protestant denomination that opposes C-sections. This may be a personal conviction on the part of some women but I know of no official position. (Apart from the Christian Scientists which, as someone already said, are not Christian.)

My wife and I made ample use of available medical technology when our daughter was born. A C-section was not necessary but, according to my wife, the epidural was wonderful. ;)

[OnederWoman]

I've never heard this before...

I've had a c-section and in Sept will have another... never heard any objections from anyone at church.

[TwinCrier]

I think many more women today are second guessing the doctors who often recommend procedures that are unnecessasary simply because it is covered by insurance or more convient. C-sections are are still a major surgery. I think most of us moms perfer that junior come out through the opening that's already there.

[FervidPrincess]

Both of my daughters were c-section babies. With my first daughter I was a month over due and my cervix would not ripen and it wasnt going to. I thank God that He gave doctors the knowlege on how to get our babies here through an alternative method.


I think most of us moms perfer that junior come out through the opening that's already there.

I didnt care one way or the other..all I cared about was that my babies were healthy. I would think that most moms would share that view and not care that it came out of an opening that was already there.

God bless...

[Miss Shelby]

Both of my daughters were c-section babies. With my first daughter I was a month over due and my cervix would not ripen and it wasnt going to. I thank God that He gave doctors the knowlege on how to get our babies here through an alternative method.



Ditto. Except I was two weeks overdue.

Michelle

[Kelly]

I wonder if it's some distortion of the "pain of childbirth" thing?

I can tell you, watching my wife hit the morphine button again and again during the day or so after her surgery, that she was indeed in pain.

[boughtwithaprice]

The reason I ask is because twice now I have heard of Protestant women (one at least is Baptist) going against the doctor's recommendation of a C-section becuase "that wasn't right." I was curious.

One of the women (I guess I'm not sure she was even a Christian) but I heard in the news that she opposed having a C-section and the baby died. I guess I thougt she was because the first time I heard this was from a Baptist women that I know very well and I figured that is must be something like that.

Better to clear it up than believe something wrongly though; right? :)
AFAIK, that woman opposed a C-section for personal reasons, not religious. The fact the she was Baptist, is just an incidental fact. I practice Obstetric anesthesia, and we hear rumors all the time. The info I got from the medical community was the the woman "did not want to be cut". She flatly refused a C-section, and now the baby has an anoxic brain injury. (brain deprived of oxygen for an extended period of time), the mother is to be charged with murder.
I understand peoples aversion to medicine, and we wish that everything could be natural, but consider this fact. Before C-sections and Anesthesia, death during childbirth was a relatively common occurence. A man could go through a few wives like that. Today, peripartum death is almost unheard of. Women are safer in childbirth than they ever were or could be. We do C-sections for maternal and child safety, not extra insurance money. We like all women to deliver naturally, but not all can do so safely; that's where we come in. I carry a needle, my collegue carries a knife:)

[LuxPerpetua]

And we ALL appreciate what a blessing it is to have access to have such great medical care and doctors like you, too. :)

[Flynmonkie]

You know I got to thinking it could be a anabaptist sect, some Amish, Mennonite etc.. do not believe in medical treatments. They have and incredible faith in God with these things. If I remember correctly.:scratch: Corse someone will have to verify this. I could be wrong. I do not know any Baptist that would be "against" this sort of thing otherwise, and raised in Southern Baptist - Independant Baptist Fundemental chruches and school.:)