-> On 10 Jan 07  20:00:32, Andy Ball got back to Nancy Backus    
   -> Re: births  was: Teething   
      
    NB> It partly depends on how the caesarian is done.  There   
    > are some ways that can make having a normal delivery   
    > more risky, others that don't have much impact on that   
    > at all.   
      
    AB> I think I was told that a transverse (side-to-side) incision caused   
    AB> less damage to the uterus than a longitudinal (top-to -bottom) one.    
    AB> The orientation of the scar on the skin may not reflect the type of   
    AB> incision into the uterus itself.    
      
   I just read sone stats on it the other day.  Cesaerian births are up    
   30%      
      
   And, infant mortality for cesaerians is twice as great than that for   
   a natural childbirths.     
      
      
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