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"While only a quarter of babies enter the world via C-section in Britain, one-third of American babies are born by Caesarian. In fact, it&amp;#039;s the most frequently performed major surgery in the U.S., according to the International Cesarean Awareness Network. But these numbers are dangerously high, according to the World Health Organization, which says C-sections should only account for 5 to 15 percent of all births. While C-sections used to be predominantly performed on women from lower socio-economic standing, now it&amp;#039;s wealthier women who are undergoing the procedure more often, reports Today.com\u2014a phenomenon some doctors are calling &amp;quot;too posh to push.&amp;quot; While not every doctor agrees that wealthier women are opting out of vaginal delivery for unimportant reasons, the reality is that C-sections are serious abdominal surgery and should never be performed unless absolutely necessary, especially on women who plan on having more children. In an article I wrote, titled &amp;quot;8 Things Your OB-Gyn Wants to Tell You,&amp;quot; Mary Jane Minkin, MD, clinical professor at Yale School of Medicine&amp;#039;s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences says, &amp;quot;If you have a breech or something like that, it&amp;#039;s another story. But if you just feel like having a C-section, it&amp;#039;s plain crazy\u2014especially if you&amp;#039;re planning on having more than one child,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;If you&amp;#039;ve had one C-section and you get pregnant again, your chances of having complications are much higher.&amp;quot; Despite the pain and discomfort involved, our bodies were made to deliver babies and we should let mother nature do its thing, unless absolutely necessary. - Alexandra Gekas, Associate Editor "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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