C-Sections & Baseball
Earlier in April, the blogosphere was set on fire when former NFL quarterback and current WFAN commentator Boomer Esiason commented on the paternity leave of New York Mets’ player Daniel Murphy.
Esiason said “Quite frankly, I would’ve said, ‘C-section before the season starts. I need to be at opening day,” in response to Murphy’s decision to take time off, including opening day to be with his wife during the birth of their child. Much of the criticism Esiason received was around the rights of any father to take time off to be with his family during childbirth. However what was lost in the conversation was the risks associated with having elective c-sections.
Recently Karen Pollack, Director of Programs and Bette Begleiter, Deputy Director, wrote a blog post for the Philadelphia Inquirer about the dangers elective c-sections pose to both mother and baby.