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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by theli0nheart on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:04PM (#11633226)
>> now were at a point where every pregnant woman wants an epidural, a scheduled C-section (!!), inducing labor via medicine.

> This is so blatantly factually incorrect that it actually makes me sick to read.

Many of our friends are pregnant or have just had kids, and my wife is 9 months pregnant. We've had a lot of talk about this with them. I wouldn't by any means say that scheduling a C-section is something everyone does, but it's incredibly common. I know of two pregnant women in our peer group that already have a date on the calendar.

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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by nommm-nommm on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:19PM (#11633279)
There is not very many obgyns you can convince to do that.
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Re:Medical error is third biggest cause of death in the US, ... by theli0nheart on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @09:32PM (#11633335)
That's good to hear. There's no way our OB would do it either, but I suppose if you're the sort of person who wants one, you keep asking until you get it.
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