Why is it considered better to remain awake during a c-section?
Changes that occur during pregnancy make women vulnerable to possible accidents while under sleeping anesthetics. Therefore, it is safer for pregnant women to remain awake during surgery. Since regional anesthesia allows patients to remain awake, it is the type most frequently used for c-sections. The second reason for being awake is that childbirth is one of life’s true landmarks. It is an event that many women say that they would not want to have missed, even those women who initially wanted to be asleep.
