“Factors behind Ireland’s high Caesarean rates with one obstetrician contrasting ‘fat, old and short’ Irish mothers with ‘healthier’ Dutch “…. ?

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  6. My sister gave birth in Holles Street and should have gotten a C-section but the ob-gyn was too busy with her private patients to bother with looking in on her. Her son was her first (and only) and he was a big baby so there was internal tearing and my sister needed emergency surgery and blood transfusions or she would have bled to death. She tore ligaments in her hips and couldn’t sit up to breastfeed properly, and needed reconstructive plastic surgery afterwards. He was a blue baby and had his umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck and today has a range of mental health issues including dyspraxia, depression and severe anxiety (possibly coincidental, probably not).

  11. I live in the Netherlands and can confirm, the Dutch are miles healthier than the Irish. You can’t blame us for not being as tall, and I’d say the avg age isn’t far off on either side, but the Irish are definitely fat and getting fatter visibly every time I go home.

  12. I lived in Ireland for years and now in NL. Dutch women are rarely overweight or obese – it’s a pretty significant contrast. I think they eat healthier and exercise more. At my tennis club there’s a much greater percentage of female players in the 20-35yo bracket compared to my one in Ireland.

  14. “an obstetrician commented. “I mean…they are…taller than the average Irish person…healthier [and]…slimmer. We are fat, old and short. That’s basically the Irish population of women who are giving birth”

    Irish = indigenous white?

    Or Irish = has Republic of Ireland passport?

    What’s this obs saying here?

    Irish white women are short and fat?
    Or all Irish women, including persons of colour are short and fat?

  16. Irish women are not “short”. They’re fat but not short. And by saying they’re “old” it sounds like he has a bias.

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