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Pregnancy and childbirth are not diseases; they are just the beginning of a long and demanding but rewarding adventure. Nothing in your kid's life will be predictable. If you're not willing to wait for your baby to be delivered naturally instead of by C-section, you're not ready to be a mother. You won't be able to schedule your life after the baby is born. CHANTAL ROUDIER Marseilles
...Thirty-six percent say they would not perform a caesarean at a woman's request if it wasn't medically necessary, 32% say they would, and 28% say it would depend on the circumstances. Tellingly, 27% of the polled doctors who had been pregnant had had at least one C-section themselves, and 22% of those procedures were elective...
...case in point is Dr. Kim Warner, 36, chair of the obstetrics and gynecology department at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver. When her first child was due last year, she scheduled her own C-section. Warner had spent the past five years surgically reconstructing pelvic-floor muscles and repairing leaky bladders in women who had experienced difficult natural deliveries. She didn't want to risk a hard labor herself...
...about 15 of their closest friends and family members were waiting. Within half an hour, Warner was in recovery holding a baby girl named Kiah; the next day mother and child were home. "Everything was just smooth as silk," says Warner. "I wouldn't think twice about having another C-section." But, she adds, "I'd think twice about having another baby. It's hard work...
Speedy Delivery Why let childbirth get in the way when you can schedule a C-section...