-> On 26 Jan 07  23:42:06, Bob Ackley got back to Andy Ball 
-> Re: births  was: Teething

 BA> And not just for the mother, there was a recent story where a woman
 BA> was induced to deliver a couple of weeks early because her hubby had
 BA> Super Bowl tickets and she (they) didn't want a little thing like
 BA> childbirth to interfere with the really important stuff like a football
 BA> game. 

Now that is really a crass thing to do.  What did they do next season?  
Use the kid as a football to recreate the good plays they just watched?  

 BA> And BTW, I don't have the statistics at hand, but I think Caesarians
 BA> are safer than natural childbirth.  I suppose the numbers are on the
 BA> Web someplace, but I won't be able to get on the Web until Tuesday
 BA> morning. 

I've checked alreadt.  Caesarians are higher risk for both the mother 
and the child.  They should be performed only when regular birth 
methods presnt a higher risk for that individual case.  

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