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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
Can someone eduated me on the c-section thing?
Thanks,
Mr Mephisto
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Mephisto, since you asked, I'll respond even if it is slightly off topic (I guess Edwards bashing is the topic de jour, so whatever)
Anyway, a more non-partisan and scientific examination of the rise in C-sections has been attributed to doctors' busy schedules in peer reviewed journals.
The beginning of this weird phenomenon is traced to studies wondering why births in the US were disporportionately on Tuesdays. Upon further research, it was found that most births were occurring because that was a lull in the week for most doctors and C-sections were a quick procedure to conduct.
I'm giving you a very brief synopsis from memory. But that should give you enough info to dig through some Medical and/or Sociological peer reviewed journals.
Oh yeah, and roachboy is a practicing sociology professor (I'm just a lowly grad student
) so maybe he'll have more info if you PM him or maybe just say my memory is shit.