One of the great surprises of giving birth used to be guessing when the baby would be delivered. Though women were given a due date when to expect their child to enter the world, delivery cannot be exactly predicted. Parents were left to wonder when. But as medical technology has advanced, more women are opting to take the guesswork out of delivery. An increasing number of patients are asking their obstetricians to induce birth or schedule cesarean sections in advance of their due dates. Instead of being done for medical reasons, the requests are made in the name of convenience. But research has shown that babies born earlier than 39 weeks experience a wide range of health problems, from...
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