The news of the birth of Shakira and Piqué ‘s son, Milan, was announced before it happened, since it was a scheduled cesarean delivery at the express wish of the parents who were thus able to organize their professional agendas. At first sight it seems the ideal situation, in which the woman is able to decide not only when she will get pregnant, but also when she will give birth. However, scheduled childbirth has numerous detractors who continue to trust natural and painful childbirth as the best option.
What is scheduled childbirth?
- The programmed delivery consists of inducing the birth of the baby through medical techniques that may or may not include a cesarean section. In principle, it is a procedure used only when the pregnancy presents complications and there is some risk to the baby or the mother. However, more and more women decide to have a scheduled delivery that includes a cesarean section without any complications.
- And it is that a scheduled caesarean section, despite the risks that it includes because it is a surgical intervention, can prevent the mother from suffering a natural birth, in addition to being able to choose the moment of birth according to the needs of the family. Comfort and safety do not seem like bad premises to accompany the arrival of the baby, also taking into account that medical advances are there to provide us with a better quality of life.
- However, many sectors warn that the scheduled caesarean section should not be the decision of the mother, but of the medical team, demonizing those women who seek a painless and more comfortable delivery. Encouraged by the cases of the famous, more and more women see the scheduled cesarean section as the best alternative to give birth to their baby.
Celebrity moms with scheduled deliveries
- You may not have fallen for this detail, but most celebrity babies come into the world via C-section, leaving little chance that absolutely all of them have had pregnancy complications. This is the case of Princess Leticia Ortiz, who had her two girls by caesarean section, or of mothers with large families such as the actress Paz Vega, or the aristocratic consort Blanca Cuesta.
- The common denominator to all of them is found in the fact that motherhood has not made a dent in her figure. As is the case with the glamorous celebrity Victoria Beckham, who has also had her children by caesarean section, or with the singer Paulina Rubio, who, although she initially announced a natural birth at home, went to the hospital at the last minute and her baby was born. by caesarean section
- The fact that Shakira and Piqué have received all the criticism is because they have been the only ones who have had no problem in openly acknowledging that they have been the ones who have decided when to bring their baby into the world. But the truth is that if we look at all the celebrities who have been mothers in the past year, we see how most of them have resorted to a cesarean section. This is the case of Antonella Roccuzzo, Messi’s girlfriend.