too posh to push

too posh to push

Unwilling to go through the physical pain of giving birth to a baby vaginally, choosing instead to opt to have a caesarean section. It wasn't unusual for my mother's generation to spend literal days in labor, but it seems like I hear about more and more women these days who are too posh to push and would rather just go under the knife instead.
See also: push
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

too posh to push

People sometimes rudely say that a woman is too posh to push if she does not give birth to a baby by pushing it out of her body, but instead chooses to have an operation to take it out. There are plenty of well-off mothers who are too posh to push.
See also: push
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

too posh to push

(of a mother-to-be, especially a well-to-do one) unwilling to suffer the discomfort and indignity of conventional labour, and therefore opting for a caesarean section.
2004 Richmond News (British Columbia) Some modern gals have been labeled as ‘too posh to push’ and demand a quick delivery by scalpel rather than a slow stretch in the stirrups.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • opt for
  • opt for (something)
  • it will cost you
  • it/that will cost (one)
  • be the last (person) to (do something)
  • be the last person
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More and more women are going the Victoria Beckham way whose desire for caesarean over natural birthing led to coinage of the term "too posh to push".
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The citation from Song (2004) on page 21 commencing "Actress Elizabeth Hurley had one." should have continued into the second paragraph and included: "What all these women had are C-sections, and finished with " Some, as the British tabloids have put it are simply too posh to push" (Song, 2004).
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It could also be a cultural trend after many celebrities were reported as 'too posh to push'," he said.
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