"The key is not to say 'no' to a request for a Caesarean section, " he says.
Doctors at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan delivered the boy by postmortem caesarean section.
It also called on ministers to set a timetable for reducing the number of caesarean births.
These reasons may explain some but not all of the increase in caesarean rates.
It costs the NHS far more to cope with a caesarean birth than a natural one.
Mothers in managed-care plans are only two-thirds as likely to be subjected to a Caesarean.
Baby Jennifer weighed 2lb 4oz when she was born by Caesarean section on 28 December.
They found that babies born by elective Caesarean section had an increased risk of general respiratory problems.
It also makes the delivery of the baby more difficult, with caesarean sections and forceps deliveries more common.
She was also reported to be pregnant and to have undergone an emergency caesarean section before being airlifted.
Both were pronounced dead at hospital and the baby died a day after being delivered by caesarean section.
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It also introduces new and important evidence in the debate on the risks of caesarean sections 'on demand'.
The practice drives up costs of neonatal intensive care and leads to a higher rate of caesarean sections.
Flexible systems have been introduced by some hospitals to try to reduce the number of women having Caesarean sections.
Most remain unaware of the huge benefits of preparing for the possibility of Caesarean birth, either planned or emergency.
In 2009, a French obstetrician, Michel Odent, blamed fathers for an increasing rate of births by Caesarean section.
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Jennifer Scott, who was pregnant, underwent an emergency caesarean before being transferred by helicopter from Dumfries Infirmary last week.
One young mother from Homs had given birth - by caesarean section - just days after arriving in Nabatiya.
The Web site tells what insurance companies pay, on average, for procedures ranging from Caesarean delivery to a colonoscopy.
She is brought into one of the tents for an emergency caesarean section.
An emergency caesarean section saved his life - but by then the prospects of a normal one had been ruined.
Caesarean sections have risen steadily since the mid-1990s and by 2011 accounted for a quarter of all births in Wales.
The report showed that a number of patients went on to conceive naturally and have children delivered by caesarean section.
She said that earlier studies had already hinted that babies born by Caesarean are more likely to experience breathing problems.
Sandler's wife Traci, 38, who was recovering from a Caesarean section at the time, recognized something was wrong almost immediately.
For example, few clinicians think that babies get cerebral palsy because the obstetrician failed to deliver them by caesarean section.
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My children were born easily and joyfully, while several friends came home with real horror stories and a caesarean scar.
Babies who are delivered through Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than those born traditionally, US research suggests.
Yeah, husband was there all along, even in the operating theatre as I had to have a caesarean at the end.
Hospitals have reported a surge of bookings for Caesarean births and wedding venues have been having a busy day as well.
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