Majority of Caesareans begin before labor
(NEWSER) - The rate of babies delivered by Caesarean section has been rising steadily since 1996, and a new study thinks it’s identified a reason why: Impatient doctors. According to the study, 44% of women who were trying for vaginal births between 2002 and 2008 had labor induced, which made them twice as likely to wind up having a Caesarean. Half of those Caesareans were performed before the woman’s cervix had dilated to the recommended six centimeters, “suggesting that clinical impatience may play a role,” the authors wrote. More»
