C-Sections On The Rise

American Voices • doctors • health • trends • children • ISSUE 41•48 • Dec 2, 2005

Americans are delivering babies via Caesarean section in record numbers. What do you think?

“These things are being overperformed. I went in for an appendectomy and came out with a healthy baby boy.”
Kevin Wells –
Projectionist
“I took fertility drugs, became pregnant with quadruplets, had a C-section three months premature, and my babies were on respirators for four months. Why the fuck haven't I been asked to appear on Oprah?”
Brenda Kruse –
Manicurist
“Wait, they normally push it out of where?”
Con McKay –
Metal Worker

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