New research from Liverpool University suggests labour is often too rushed. They say that giving the womb a rest during childbirth may help to reduce the need for emergency caesareans.
Jo Sweeney had an emergency caesarean. She tells Jenni why she thinks it was was unnecessary. Jenni also talks to Siobhan Quenby, consultant obstetrician at the Liverpool Women's Hospital in Manchester and to Dr Mike Robson, consultant obstetrician from Wycombe Hospital.
