Number Of C-Sections, Elective C-Sections Rising, USA

... CBS'' "Evening News" on Dec. 26, 2005, reported on the increase in the number of caesarean section deliveries, including elective c-sections. The segment discusses women who schedule c-sections for "no medical reason" other than not wanting to go through labor and delivery. The segment includes comments from Peter Bernstein, associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology and women''s health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center; Micheal Sbarra, an obstetrician at Hackensack University Medical Center; and women who chose to have c-sections (Kaledin, "Evening News," CBS, 12/26/05)... click link for more info. ...