Impatience & the C-Section
April 28, 2006 by kate baggott
Filed under Labor & Delivery
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.
