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C-Section Births Up 53% since 1996

Today the NCHS released a briefing on the c-section trends from 1996-2007.  Here you can see that after a brief dip in the early 1990s, the c-section rate is skyrocketing – 53% increase in the national cesarean rates in these … Continue reading

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Cosleeping dangerous?

As the mother of seven and the aunt of a nephew who died of SIDS, I’ve done a fair bit of research on the matter. While I’m often outraged at what the media and doctors tend to say about cosleeping, I usually keep my mouth shut. That has become harder to do in the last few weeks as the AAP has said that it is an absolute no no to sleep with your baby, even with the foresight to protect yourself with basic measures.

Parents, January 2006, in an article, entitled Cosleeping? Read This on page 52, they go as far as to say that there are 10 studies showing how dangerous cosleeping is for babies.
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