And apart from C-sections for these medical reasons, older expectant mothers are also more nervous and worry more that they won't have enough strength to give birth conventionally. Consequently, these older women are five to six times more likely to have C-sections than younger mothers.
除此之外，這群熟齡準媽媽對分娩也常有先「剉起來等」、「怕沒力氣自己生」的預期心理，因此臨床上高齡產婦剖腹產的比例，約比年輕的產婦高出了 5 ∼ 6 倍。