>If ob care was only being based on evidence and research babies 
>would be born in their own time (usually 40 weeks or more) with 
>very few inductions or c-sections.


If I recall correctly that the body of research for the last five years supports intervention if the pregnancy goes to _41_ weeks.  There is a significant increased risk of problems to the baby after that.  (I could probably dig up the references if I had a little more time; it's being quite a day)  This is a far cry from the practices being cited by list members.  And we all know that our C/S rate is too high.

Judith

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