-> On 13 Jan 07  09:24:56, Nancy Backus got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: births  was: Teething

 DC> I just read sone stats on it the other day.  Cesaerian births are up 
 DC> 30%   
 DC> And, infant mortality for cesaerians is twice as great than that for
 DC> a natural childbirths.  

 NB> Stats can be used any which way, of course...  :)

 NB> But, there is some background on those...  There are* more sections
 NB> scheduled than used to be, and at least some of them are for the
 NB> convenience of the doctor.  But some of them are due to complications
 NB> that become apparent due to closer monitoring during labor.

Natural childbirth is still safer.  

 NB> I suspect that some of the mortality may be because they are trying to
 NB> save younger fetuses that would otherwise have never made it.  But I
 NB> wouldn't be surprised to find that some of them could be from birthing
 NB> too early, on ones that are done for convenience rather than need. 

The main reason caesariens are up is for convenience of the mother. 


 NB> PS  the tagline just reminded me...  Did you get my reply netmail from
 NB> FidoTel yet?  It looks as though it might not have left the bbs.   neb

You're netmail still hasn't made it here.  


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