Planned Caesarean births 'doubles risk of depression'

WOMEN who undergo a planned Caesarean birth double the risk of getting post-natal depression, research shows.

The study, which involved 2,000 women in Dublin's main maternity hospitals, is the first major report of its kind in the country to highlight the possible health effects of planned births.

It comes amid concern about the growing popularity of what has been dubbed "too posh to push syndrome" women who are choosing not to give birth naturally.