More on the rising C-section rates. “Locally, doctors say C-sections are definitely more prevalent than they were several decades ago, and they agree that malpractice lawsuits and concerns about vaginal births after Caesarean sections are major reasons why. But they downplayed mothers’ desire to schedule births as much of a factor.”
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