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Tell Us: What Do You Think of the High Rate of C-Sections at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital?

For this week's Moms Talk, we want to hear from you, our Melrose Patchers, about cesarean deliveries.

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So grab a cup of coffee and settle in as we start the conversation in the comments section with today's question ...

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Does the high rate of cesarean section deliveries at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital worry you? 

Some background: A report this month from NPR says that a growing number of hospitals in Massachusetts, and across the country, are saying no to elective inductions and C-sections before 39 weeks. "The change is happening quietly and some new mothers don’t like it," NPR reported.

Melrose-Wakefield Hospital delivered 45.7 percent of babies through cesarean section in 2008, according to a report last year by the Boston Globe. The makes it the hospital in the state with the second highest rate of performing the surgical operation, which involves cutting through the wall of a woman's abdomen to deliver a child. 

In the news report, Dr. Bernard Logan said that he didn't have an answer for why doctors at Melrose-Wakefield hospital delivered so many babies that way. 

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