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...patients for fear of litigation, or losing their practice because of skyrocketing insurance costs. Palmeri then observed the civil trial of a Wilson, N.C., obstetrician who was sued after the plaintiff's baby suffered neurological damage during birth. The doctor claimed that the plaintiff had refused to have a C-section despite his insistence that a vaginal birth would endanger both mother and baby. The plaintiff claimed she had received no such advice. Palmeri says he was disturbed to see that "the trial focused on the poor outcome and not on what the physician actually did." The jury was hung...
...Percentage of U.S. first-time mothers who gave birth by C-section...
SCHEDULED BIRTHS Reports from ob-gyns show more moms-to-be are requesting scheduled C-section deliveries, even when there is no pressing medical need for the surgery. Cesarean rates in the U.S. have been climbing steadily, from 20.7% in 1996 to 22.9% in 2000, according to data from the CDC. For busy pregnant women, a scheduled birth can relieve anxiety, and grandparents can plan to be at the birth to provide support and extra hands for diaper duty...
...Todos los Santos Perez-Hinojosa, we joked, would be the first Domini-Mex New Yorker. My boy is now 5 years old, and my daughter Maria Yurema Guadalupe de los Indios Perez-Hinojosa just turned 3 this past Cinco de Mayo (and, no, it wasn't a scheduled C-section...
WAITING TO CONCEIVE About 25% of all babies in the U.S. are born by caesarean delivery,which means that many women then have to decide whether to have a repeat C-section or attempt a vaginal delivery for their next pregnancy. New research reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology suggests that spacing pregnancies at least 18 months apart may increase the chance of a successful vaginal delivery for a second baby...