Instead of letting nature take its course, Chrys says the drug Pitocin, commonly used to bring on labor, seemed to make the pain even worse. An experience she says she'll never repeat. But plenty of women in Dr. Streicher's practice would rather be in control of who delivers their little bundle and when. And for Dr. Streicher, that means another Monday, another baby, right on schedule. Delivery on demand is getting so popular it may even be skewing birth statistics.
Some experts think it's behind the recent decline in babies born on the weekend.
On a typical weekday, about 11,000 babies are delivered nationwide. 550 First Ave. Subject Archive HealthWeek is a production of Newsweek Productions Inc. in association with Maryland Public Television.