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This study focused on how interpersonal communication among married couples in urban areas promotes preference of elective caesarean section birth surgery. Elective c-section is the birth surgery requested by the mother for non-medical reasons before she goes into labour. Although it can save lives, elective c-section is often performed without medical need putting women and their babies at risk of short- and long-term health problems. C-section can cause significant and sometimes permanent complications, disability, or death, particularly in settings that lack the facilities and/or capacity to properly conduct safe surgery and treat surgical complications. However, in Kenya, despite the complications it may cause, more women are reported to undergo elective caesarean section birth surgery. The study found out that interpersonal communication was effective in influencing women to go for elective c-section more so among couples who share the belief that normal birth permanently changes experience of sexual intercourse among couples. The study adopted qualitative research approach.