Conception, Pregnancy and Child Birth

CAESAREAN BIRTHS: ARE WOMEN TOLD THE TRUTH?

Caesarian sections in the U.S. hit a record high for the eleventh year in a row –averaging about one-third of births nationally, up from 26 percent in 2002 and 5 percent in 1970. The rate is 36 percent in New York (45 percent at Albany Medical Center) and 39 percent in Florida (50 percent in Miami Dade County).

Some argue the high statistics are due to older, overweight mothers, larger babies, and multiple births, but statistics don’t validate this. Another reason is the … Continue Reading