-> On 07 Feb 07  10:05:00, Nancy Backus got back to DANNY CEPPA    
   -> Re: births  was: Teething   
      
    DC> There are valid reasons to perform a cesarean birth, but they are most   
    DC> definitely stretching the limits.     
      
    NB> I'll agree that there are some caesarian births that do stretch the   
    NB> limits.  There are also plenty of them that are justifiable, and have   
    NB> saved the lives of mothers, babies or both.  There's been a number of   
    NB> them done in our extended family, all of them because of health or   
    NB> safety issues.  Most have been emergency decisions, although one or   
    NB> two were planned due to uterine thinness and large babies.   
      
   As it stands, some 30% of all births in the US are now cesarean.     
      
   --- OMX/Blue Wave/DOS v2.30   
    * Origin: Soundly on the Fault Line (1:138/666.0)