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Is This A Joke?
Posted September 05, 2008 by Shakti Sombrero
 Mothers who undergo Caesarean sections may bond less well with their babies immediately after birth, concludes a study of 12 women published this week.
But the researchers stress that because the study is so small, and the differences not "whopping", women contemplating C-sections shouldn't panic.
If even one mother endangers herself and her child by demanding a natural birth because of this story, the authors should be kicked squarely in the groin. 12 people? Are you kidding me?
The study found that women who had C-sections had about 5% lower levels of "empathetic brain activity" than mothers who had undergone natural births. The researchers retested the same mothers a few months later and found no differences in brain activity, leading them to believe that the bad-mother vibes were only temporary. Could it also show that a study of 12 people with very small differences could perhaps be a case of random statistical variation? Dear god.
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