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Impatience & the C-Section

by kate baggott on April 28th, 2006

The rate of c-sections is up, again, according to a study coved in today’s Globe and Mail. Experts blame the influence of celebrity culture, myths about ease of recovery and the impatience/convenience factor. The trend toward elective cesarian section results in longer hospital stays for mother and child, slower recoveries, and an increase in delivery and hospital costs that are 60% higher than vaginal births, the article says.

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