and Methods: A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered electronic questionnaire was performed from 15/9/2012 until 17/1/2013. A total of 5, 026 women of age 20-50 years regardless of their nationality residing in Saudi Arabia were enrolled, including those who were married, never been married or had been previously married Results: We found 4067 [80.9%] of the study population preferred vaginal delivery. Among the women who preferred vaginal delivery, 2555 [62.8%] did so because they needed a shorter time to return to normal life, while 674 [70.3%] of the women who preferred CS did so because they wanted to avoid labor pains