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Tl;Dr: ~30% of births are C-section, and hospitals prefer early morning operations.
Just had baby Dr wanted to do it at 7:00 and the hospital required us to be there at 5:00am. Dr showed up half an hour late. The reason he scheduled for then was so he could still do office hours. His office closes at noon. Don't like the guy.
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Just had baby Dr wanted to do it at 7:00 and the hospital required us to be there at 5:00am. Dr showed up half an hour late. The reason he scheduled for then was so he could still do office hours. His office closes at noon. Don't like the guy.
File a grievance with a regulatory body.
Although it was incredibly telling when I asked the nurse. "Hey so I know nurses have a list of which Drs. Are a-holes and which ones are good to work with, is our Dr an a-hole?" She responded by saying she couldn't answer that one way or another.
Tl;Dr: ~30% of births are C-section, and hospitals prefer early morning operations.
Afternoon, after the first cups of coffee have worn off, and after the natural exhaustion from a long shift is not when you want to be having a C section.
Tl;Dr: ~30% of births are C-section, and hospitals prefer early morning operations.
Just had baby Dr wanted to do it at 7:00 and the hospital required us to be there at 5:00am. Dr showed up half an hour late. The reason he scheduled for then was so he could still do office hours. His office closes at noon. Don't like the guy.
The answer is scheduled C-sections and if you haven't read it, Atul Gawande's 2006 New Yorker article on why they've become so common is good read: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/10/09/the-score After watching The Business of Being Born , Gawande's article was really helpful in understanding why things are done the way they are.
Minor correction - Gawande :)
Tl;Dr: ~30% of births are C-section, and hospitals prefer early morning operations.
The worst time is 6:30AM (or whenever half an hour before changeover is). You either get C staff and/or people who have been awake for 24 hours. The surgeon probably called that time so they could book night rates.
Says the dad of the child born at 4pm on a Friday...
Also related and shown in the diagrams in the linked article, why are so many babies born on Friday, and less on Saturday? Doctors/nurses want their weekends too, so inducements / c-sections also go up on Fridays. Says the dad of the child born at 4pm on a Friday...