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...half their risk of transmitting the AIDS virus to their newborns by having a C-section. If women are also taking anti-AIDS drugs, their risk is reduced even more--87%. Part of the reason may be that babies are less exposed to HIV during a caesarean--which, though bloody, is quick--than during the many hours of labor that can accompany a vaginal delivery...
...more days while the fertilized egg underwent about 100 divisions, they would implant it after just 2 1/2 days, at the eight-cell stage. The daring strategy worked--and just short of nine months later, while all the world seemed to be watching, Steptoe delivered Baby Brown by caesarean section...
Cefalo urged hospitals to reduce the number of caesarean sections by better monitoring the labor process and by not rushing to perform the procedure...
...American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released a statement saying the number of caesarean deliveries in the U.S. is higher than it should be. The College declined, however, to recommend an ideal rate. This October, in a move Sachs said was a step in the right direction, the college published guidelines to aid doctors in determining when to perform vaginal births after a prior caesarean section...
Sachs said managed care companies often provide incentives for hospitals and doctors to perform fewer caesarean sections. Physicians sometimes do not get referrals if their caesarean section rates are too high...