-> On 26 Jan 07  23:42:06, Bob Ackley got back to Andy Ball    
   -> Re: births  was: Teething   
      
    BA> And not just for the mother, there was a recent story where a woman   
    BA> was induced to deliver a couple of weeks early because her hubby had   
    BA> Super Bowl tickets and she (they) didn't want a little thing like   
    BA> childbirth to interfere with the really important stuff like a football   
    BA> game.    
      
   Now that is really a crass thing to do.  What did they do next season?     
   Use the kid as a football to recreate the good plays they just watched?     
      
    BA> And BTW, I don't have the statistics at hand, but I think Caesarians   
    BA> are safer than natural childbirth.  I suppose the numbers are on the   
    BA> Web someplace, but I won't be able to get on the Web until Tuesday   
    BA> morning.    
      
   I've checked alreadt.  Caesarians are higher risk for both the mother    
   and the child.  They should be performed only when regular birth    
   methods presnt a higher risk for that individual case.     
      
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