by APFLI | Apr 19, 2007 | Human Development
Percentage of All Live Births by Caesarean Delivery. Preliminary data for 2005 indicate that 30.2% of all live births in the United States were caesarean deliveries, marking the highest U.S. total cesarean rate ever reported. Since 1996, the total caesarean rate has...
by APFLI | Feb 20, 2005 | Human Development
Women around the country are finding that more and more hospitals that once allowed vaginal birth after Caesarean, or VBAC (commonly pronounced VEE-back), are now banning it and insisting on repeat Caesareans. About 300,000 women a year have repeat Caesareans (1/3 of...
