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BOSTON (AP) - Public health officials are puzzling over a medical mystery — why thousands of young, healthy women facing low risk births are opting instead to deliver by Caesarean section.
In 2004, nearly 13 percent of all C-sections in Massachusetts were performed on women under the age of 30 giving birth to their first child — considered the lowest-risk birth group.
Health officials say they can't fully explain way, but suggest a range of possible explanations, from last minute medical complications to worries about malpractice and fears of a ruptured uterus to women asking for the surgery for their own reasons.
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