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C section saved the life of my child. I do not care if there is an "epidemic" (what a heck does it mean in a context of a surgical procedure at all???).

• gdubs 8y ago
  It means that in some cases the procedure is life saving, and in other cases unnecessary and potentially riskier than vaginal delivery. (Happy for you and your family that your child made it out OK — don’t know if it was recent, but congrats nonetheless!)
  • StreamBright 8y ago
    Well I was kind of interested how can somebody use epidemic as a noun for a surgical procedure. There are many factors to this but c-section is often safer for the child than normal birth. I am not sure if there is any problem with c-sections, in my country it is widely used even as an elective option without issues. It is hard to see the downside.
    • techsin101 8y ago
      Again, study is pointing out that c section is being performed more than necessary, in fact so much more that it's epidemic. From data WHO calculated that about 20% deliveries should require c section. But numbers are reaching to 45%. Bad Effects in children born with c section are un clear and major surgery has risks for mother as well. Doing a surgery when not necessary is always a bad idea. So if you had a good out come, good for you. But understand you're one data point and can not be reflective of what should be.