A series of researches conducted in Australia revealed an elective caesarean will not prevent incontinence and maybe putting women's and baby's health at unnecessary risks.

Dr. Jenny King, an urogynaecologist at Westmead Hospital in Sidney, Australia doesn't agree with the right of women to choose caesareans just to avoid pelvic floor problems and incontinence said:

"Evidence is mounting that repeat caesareans can cause harm and there are doubts that they provide the protection they were thought to provide"

One of Dr. Kings’ studies in 2004 projected caesareans could prevent 35% percent of urinary incontinence in women under 50, but the method of delivery made minimal difference to pelvic dysfunctions later in life.

Looking at the results of other studies, Dr. King concluded that there are greater risks of losing a baby from the complications of a caesarean than getting incontinence problems.

In the official results of another study to be presented, Professor Don Wilson, Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Otago University’s Dunedin School of Medicine, found 60 percent of women who had natural births experienced urinary incontinence, while 40 percent of women who had surgical births experienced urinary incontinence, which led to the conclusion that pregnancy itself was the cause of pelvic dysfunctions.