Here is a link to a short documentary on the Wuseum of Women's website about this shocking statistic. I was interested how they described the process by which these C-sections are encouraged, where the OB starts worrying about the labour being prolonged far too early, and I wonder if that way of thinking isn't becoming more prevalent in UK hospitals with our climbing C-section stats.
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C-section rate is 70% in some Brazilian private hospitals!
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dizietsma · 16/03/2007 12:24
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