All though it is commendable that this new procedure reduces pain which allows better and quicker bonding. A consideration worthy of attention and vital to the extended health of mother and baby. However it is no better than throwing (expensive) life jackets at people screaming in the river rather than fixing the whole in the bridge. The C-section rate has elevated yearly and is out of sight now at 33% in the USA, 40% S.Korea, 80% Sao Paolo Brazil, 57% Los Angeles USA and 65% Thailand Hospitals; catering to the wealthy. We must stop this practice and start educating both doctors and gravid women as to the perils of this practice. The first step is stop treating pregnancy as a sickness rather than the amazing miracle of nature that it is. We need to have every policy maker inform themselves of the tax paid research telling us morbididy drops with home birth and long term health and development of mother and baby are considerably enhanced versus compromised when we use high levels of intervention to avoid the iatrogenic pain, morbidity and mortality along with consequential noscomial complications and infections. Our dependance and drugs and many debilitating behaviours are a result of our meddling in maternity. It breaks the vital bond of the maternal dyad and the unrequited love lost manifests as compromised health and psyche; often turning up as our sad and terrifying headlines.
As Barak Obama said: "We must ask not just 'Is it profitable?' but 'Is it right?"