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Article: A Risky Rise in C-Sections; Experts worry that the trend is bad for mom and baby.(cesarean section)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- April 7, 2008
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Byline: Deborah Kotz
Once the delivery option of last resort, cesarean sections are now all the rage: Nearly 1 in 3 pregnant women had a C-section in 2006, compared with about 1 in 5 a decade earlier. "It's not unthinkable that in our lifetime, the majority of pregnant women will be having C-sections," says Bruce Flamm, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Riverside, Calif., and spokesperson for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I think you get strong arguments on either side." Supporters believe that surgery eliminates the rare but terrifying complications of vaginal delivery that ...
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