http://bostonist.com/2008/12/05/mass_state_trooper_tickets_woman_in_labor.php All comments for Massachusetts State Trooper Worst Person in the World en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2008/12/05/mass_state_trooper_tickets_woman_in_labor.php#comment-1533519 http://bostonist.com/2008/12/05/mass_state_trooper_tickets_woman_in_labor.php#comment-1533519 Comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:36:25 -0500 <p>RE: Picking a hospital closer to home - the hospital you give birth has an enormous impact on your chances of have a c-section, the chance of successfully breast-feeding, rooming in vs. nursery care, and thus the eventual health of your baby. The variation is huge amongst hospitals - so women are choosing more and more to have babies at major urban centers (or at home, natch) where they know that woman-centered (as opposed to doctor convenient) maternity care is the norm. I'm quite sure that had there been adequate maternity care available in their area they would have chosen it.</p>