To push ... or not to push?

I was formally asked by my supervisor of midwives to reflect upon two episodes of care. Both of these involved women who would be termed as 'low risk' primigravida and in both instances the women had considered whether, had they been advised against pushing when it was 'too soon', they might have avoided caesarean sections. To help this process I used my own reflection triangle: 'What happened ... Was it OK ... What about next time?' informed by the Gibbs model (1998). In this paper I present my reflections alongside my reflection triangle.