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You don’t know “one woman” who has had a c section? You are completely delusional unless you just don’t know any women. Completely out in left field.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm

Births — Method of Delivery

(Data are for the U.S.)

Number of vaginal deliveries: 2,650,744
Number of Cesarean deliveries: 1,296,070
Percent of all deliveries by Cesarean: 32.8%

You don’t know “one woman” who has had a c section? You are completely delusional unless you just don’t know any women. Completely out in left field.

No, I don't. Why WOULD I know any women with C sections? C sections are NOT normal, average surgery. I am neither a doctor or a nurse, but I am a woman, an older one. Maybe the YOUNG mothers today know tons of women who had C sections, but I doubt it. I taught 18-30 year old students, half of them women, for almost 30 years. Retired last year. C sections were NOT a "hot" topic that today's women discussed at any length.

Those women didn't GET them either. Young women today are VERY savvy about those things.

More to the point why do YOU know so many? Are you a doctor or nurse? That is SERIOUS surgery. Why would ANYONE know people BECAUSE they had C sections? It makes no sense.

Thanks for the research. I remember reading that prior to John Edwards “channeling” his cerebral palsy plaintiff, C-sections made up about 7% of births. After that multi-million dollar lawsuit, the number jumped to 25%.

It appears that even more OB-GYNs are “playing it safe” and opting for the C-section.