Rates are rapidly increasing in private and public hospital across NSW, as older mothers opt to have fewer children.
Women are having caesarean births at a record rate in public and private hospitals statewide, new data shows, with older mothers driving the trend rather than women being “too posh to push”.
Mothers who have a caesarean have a long recovery time and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data suggests only 12 per cent will go on to have a normal vaginal birth. In the Sydney and Northern Sydney local health districts, more than 30 per cent of women gave birth by elective caesarean in 2022, compared with only 16 per cent in northern NSW.
National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Dr Gino Pecoraro said increasing age and BMI were the biggest reasons that women worldwide were having more caesareans.As well as being the most affluent parts of the state, Sydney’s central, northern and eastern districts also had the highest numbers of women giving birth aged over 35.
“Women used to have six or seven babies, now they have one or two. Caesareans have an increased risk for a mother but decreased for their babies.”
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