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Doctors Urge Patience, And Longer Labor, To Reduce C-Sections : Shots - Health News : NPR

The single most common question I’m asked on the labor floor is, “When’s the baby, Doc?” I commonly respond not with a time but with a date. If it’s early in the morning, 3 or 4 in the morning, I’ll say, “Yeah, I think the baby is coming today.” That usually elicits a laugh. But I give myself a 20-hour leeway.