PH women, what's your take on this??

[theking]

I do like the pre-scheduled and not having to wait part so everyone can be there to welcome the newborn but obviously a woman may feel differently because it's her body so getting a woman's perspective is better IMO?? 

C-sections are all the rage in Brazil. So too, now, are fancy parties to watch them.



SAO PAULO, Brazil — The white-gloved women laid chocolates and cakes on silver trays. They filled the crystal vases with roses. Now the guests were arriving. Mariana Casmalla had been buffed, primped and polished in preparation for this moment.

She was ready for her C-section.

“It’s a special occasion,” explained Casmalla, a 28-year-old dental surgeon, batting professionally made-up eyes.

“Don’t we get dressed up for parties and special dates? It’s the same thing.”

Elective Caesarean sections have long been a status symbol among Brazil’s elite, a way for some of the country’s wealthier women to avoid the unpredictabili ty of natural childbirth. The country has one of the highest rates of Caesarean births in the world — they account for 55.5 percent of all deliveries in Brazil, spiking to 84 percent in private hospitals, according to the Public Health Ministry. The rate in the United States for all hospitals is 32.9 percent.

Now the phenomenon is inspiring a new industry of party planners, makeup artists and caterers, focused on turning these highly orchestrated operations into wedding-like spectacles, produced for an audience.

The main event: The birth itself, viewed by family and friends from a gallery built for the purpose.

At the Sao Luiz private hospital in Sao Paulo, a mother-to-be can get her hair and makeup done in her hospital room. For 2,000 reais per day — about $500 — her family can rent out the presidential suite, with a living room and bathroom for guests, a balcony and minibar. Mothers can request their favorite flowers and magazines, and even change the furniture if it clashes with their planned decorations. A 22-story maternity ward now under construction will include a wine cellar and ballroom.

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More to read in the link below:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/c-sections-are-all-the-rage-in-brazil-so-too-now-are-fancy-parties-to-watch-them/2019/06/11/8d2533ac-7bfc-11e9-b1f3-b233fe5811ef_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4bdf7392f629