{"id":283,"date":"2018-01-18T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=283"},"modified":"2018-01-18T15:06:51","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:06:51","slug":"call-the-midwife-star-opts-for-planned-caesarean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Call the Midwife star opts for planned caesarean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FANTASTIC!<\/p>\n<p>A well known TV star (Helen George) from Call the Midwife has revealed she made a positive, informed decision to have a caesarean in an NHS hospital, stating it should be a valid choice for any woman.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Helen George called for a national conversation about C-sections, saying they can be a positive choice for women and should not be restricted to medical emergencies&#8230;I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not against natural birth, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m pro whatever you feel is right for you.&#8221;<\/em> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tv\/2018-01-16\/helen-george-chose-caesarean-birth-after-call-the-midwife-horror-stories\/\">(Radio Times)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While George reveals that the impetus for an alternative to natural birth arose prior to pregnancy as a result of her exposure to negative birth stories and themes while working on &#8216;Call the Midwife&#8217;, she says she went on to balance the fear with &#8220;lots of research&#8221; and decided that &#8220;if [she] ever got pregnant, that&#8217;s what [she] would do&#8221;. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/tv\/2018-01-16\/helen-george-chose-caesarean-birth-after-call-the-midwife-horror-stories\/\">(Radio Times)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We wish her and her family all the best for her adventure into motherhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FANTASTIC! A well known TV star (Helen George) from Call the Midwife has revealed she made a positive, informed decision to have a caesarean in an NHS hospital, stating it should be a valid choice for any woman. &#8220;Helen George called for a national conversation about C-sections, saying they can be a positive choice for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/?p=283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Call the Midwife star opts for planned caesarean&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csections.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}