Women's views on caesarean section

This bachelor's thesis is dealing with women's opinions about Caesarean section. The thesis consists of two parts - theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is describing the course of vaginal delivery. We also focused on the description of the caesarean section. The next chapter deals with the midwife's care for a woman before and after caesarean section. We also processed the care of the scar after a caesarean section. Finally, we focused on the complications and consequences of a caesarean section. The practical part describes the research investigation. The aim of this bachelor thesis was to map the opinion of women on caesarean section. Two hypotheses were established. H1: Women prefer vaginal delivery rather than caesarean section. H2: Women think that caesarean section does not affect the health of the child. To achieve set goal, we chose a quantitative research survey using a questionnaire. 19 questions were used in the questionnaire - closed questions and 1 open question. 209 respondents participated and completed the survey. These were women active on social media. The questionnaire was designed for all women, regardless of age. Women who had experience with pregnancy and childbirth or even those who did not have this experience could respond. The study involved women who were or were not pregnant. Most respondents, 92 (44%), were aged 18-25. The most frequent response to completed education was a high school with a high school diploma. The questionnaires were evaluated using the chi square test. The significance level was determined to be 5%. In the research survey, 87.6% of women said that they would prefer vaginal delivery to caesarean section. According to a statistical survey, the p-value was less than 0.05, thus confirming hypothesis 1 "Women prefer vaginal delivery rather than caesarean section". Furthermore, hypothesis 2 was tested using the questions. 64.5% of women answered that they do not think that children after a caesarean section have worse immunity than children after a vaginal birth. Furthermore, 82.5% of women do not think that these children suffer from more allergies. 60.4% of women believe that caesarean section has no effect on breastfeeding. 53.5% stated that separation after a caesarean section does not affect the child's mental health. According to a statistical survey, the p-value was less than 0.05, which means that the second hypothesis was also confirmed. The findings of this thesis could be used in seminars for midwives or in antenatal courses