Brazilian women rebel against cesarean births
Juliana Barbassa, AP:
In Brazil, where natural childbirth fell out of favor years ago, more than half of all babies are born via cesarean section, a figure that rises to 82 percent for women with private health insurance.
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The reasons behind Brazil’s high rates are many. Experts say a longstanding interventionist approach to vaginal births made them more painful and stressful than necessary. All this gave C-sections a reputation as being a more predictable, safe, painless and modern way to deliver.
Pretty bizarre situation in Brazil. A C-section is still abdominal surgery, so it’s not this totally magic thing.