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    NPR‏Verified account @NPR Oct 12

    Since 1990, C-sections have more than tripled from about 6 percent of all births to 21 percent around the world, three studies report in @TheLancet.https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/12/656198429/rate-of-c-sections-is-rising-at-an-alarming-rate?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2040 …

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      2. Amanda Weese  🌊 ✊ 🌹‏ @Opoqjo Oct 12
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        Wouldn't surprise me if in the US, many of those elective c-sections are due to needing to work around strict/inadequate time off work schedules. Several new/soon-to-be -moms I know are choosing it because they know they can plan it like a dr's appt... we need #parentalleave now.

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      3. DanaERTurton‏ @danada0109 Oct 12
        Replying to @Opoqjo @NPR @TheLancet

        Mine wasn't elective, but the planning part sure was a nice side benefit. But I was fortunate to have a reasonable leave time (though not fully paid) and I can't imagine recovering from surgery with inadequate leave. #parentalleave is key

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      2. Nina Hartley®‏ @ninaland Oct 12
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        This is unecessary surgery in many cases. It's done for the benefit of the doctor in many instances.

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      2. Susan Smith‏ @scs0216 Oct 12
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        Doctors don't want to be called out in the night, so they pick a date and schedule C-sections. And get more money to boot!

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      1. Ann‏ @afavon440 Oct 12
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        And women are dying because of it.

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      1. Purnima Sreenivasan‏ @healthaiminc Oct 14
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        Please start with OB doctors Their incentive for economical growth, no patience for normal labor process , Bowing to pressures from families for C section like wanting babies to be born on specific days per astrology , cultural beliefs #WHO #UN #UNGA #UNICEF

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      1. Tammi Heap homebirth midwife NZ‏ @HeapNz Oct 12
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        When choosing products & services, women would not allow themselves to be bullied into buying products that can put them at high risk of short & long term significant complications, yet in birth women are often talked down to & bullied into uneccessary Csections

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      1. James Costopoulos‏ @JamesCostopoul1 Oct 12
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        Recently was on a jury in a civil case involving a malpractice claim around child birth. A C-section would have avoided any problems. I can see why doctor's prefer them in a way I never could before.

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      2. ★D. W.★‏ @suthrngurl Oct 12
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        Mine wasn't an elective but forcing my labor was a convenience for my doctor. I.E. she decided that a Monday would be a good day to induce. No medical reasoning except it was 1 day past my due date. Was induced, baby said no, then decelerated and needed extraction immediately

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      3. Holland Stanton‏ @HollandStanton Oct 16
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        Yup. Common story.

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      1. Hosam Elghadban‏ @DrElghadban Oct 12
        Replying to @NPR @NeilFlochMD @TheLancet

        Big problem

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      1. Yosra‏ @AfterHardship Oct 12
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        Even if I've had a c-section, I don't really want to see this photo of one.

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      1. The Great Starina  ✨‏ @TheGreatStarina Oct 12
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        Follow the money 💵

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      1. Sticky Miser‏ @stickymiser Oct 12
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        UCSF has comparatively low c-section rates because of how their staff physicians are employed. Might be worthwhile reevaluating hospital doctor relationships and move towards salaried positions like UCSF.

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      1. Sticky Miser‏ @stickymiser Oct 12
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        Read an interesting article about UCSF having comparatively low C-section rates because of how their physicians are employed.

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      2. Poochie Richard‏ @Rideasy Oct 12
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        Coochies ain't what they used to be

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      3. harmony granger‏ @nacreousnereid Oct 12
        Replying to @Rideasy @NPR @TheLancet

        From the article: "The procedure is done when it is not really necessary or indicated"

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