I don’t agree. Birth isn’t only about getting a healthy baby and mother. That’s certainly the most important part, but many/most women find birth a transformative experience. Moreover, the fewer interventions the safer, unless there’s a problem you’re addressing. To do a cesarean because there’s a problem improves outcomes; to do a cesarean for no reason increases complications. I speak as someone who very much longed for natural births but didn’t get them. I’ve always felt a little sad about that. However, I’ve been with my daughter through her two natural births. She was in a hospital, but hooked up to nothing. She had exactly the kind of experience I’d hoped for, and she was like someone who climbed Everest or ran a marathon. It was clearly a peak experience for her. All her efforts to have a natural birth were worthwhile for her and her babies. Had problems occurred, she’d have had to deal with them medically and it wouldn’t have been a failure, but she’d have missed out on an experience that had a profound effect on her. Her recovery was faster and breastfeeding was easier.
We can acknowledge that natural births are a worthy goal without denying that medical interventions are sometimes necessary.