But… read it. What they’re *actually* trying to do is gently talk (uninformed) women DOWN from scheduling induction or c-section for non-medical reasons. They’re an insurance company, after all; they’re PAYING for the surgery, the hospital stay, the drugs. They’d rather you not cost them more money.

Their arguments are weak… after all, if they recommend flat-out that you not induce or schedule surgery for non-medical reasons, and then “your baby dies because you didn’t,” you can sue them for practicing medicine without a license :-/… so they have to say “Talk to your doctor.” But at least they do say “If you’re thinking about jumping straight to surgery because you’re scared of labor pain… well, there’s other freakin’ ways to deal with it!”

Also, just have to toss in: I have UHC as my insurance provider, and haven’t received this flyer from them. Yeah, we’re not first-timers either, but then, I didn’t have my last birth with them, so they don’t KNOW that for sure… they only know that my husband has a dependent child. So they’re not blanketing ALL their pregnant clients with it. Maybe they know that I know better!