-> On 07 Feb 07  10:05:00, Nancy Backus got back to DANNY CEPPA 
-> Re: births  was: Teething

 DC> There are valid reasons to perform a cesarean birth, but they are most
 DC> definitely stretching the limits.  

 NB> I'll agree that there are some caesarian births that do stretch the
 NB> limits.  There are also plenty of them that are justifiable, and have
 NB> saved the lives of mothers, babies or both.  There's been a number of
 NB> them done in our extended family, all of them because of health or
 NB> safety issues.  Most have been emergency decisions, although one or
 NB> two were planned due to uterine thinness and large babies.

As it stands, some 30% of all births in the US are now cesarean.  

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