The rising rate of C-sections in Ireland has been branded a ‘National Disgrace’.

Latest figures show one in three women now has a caesarean section – that’s more than twice the rate recommended by the World Health Organisation.

Depending on where you give birth, your chance of having a c-section may be doubled.

Juliette Gash reports;

A conference in Dublin has heard that some women feel pressured into having a C-section, rather than a natural birth.

The rate of caesareans has risen to about 33 percent of births - compared to just 7 percent in 1984.

Trinity College Dublin's School of Nursing and Midwifery has been examining the declining rate of natural births after c-section.

Lisa Finnegan had two natural births after a c-section, and says there is pressure on mothers to have repeat caesareans;