21.   These might include mothers with serious health problems like heart conditions or diabetes or with infections that could be spread to the baby during a vaginal delivery.

22.   Thus, doctors might be more inclined to push for a Caesarean in an older first-time mother than to risk damaging the baby in a vaginal delivery.

23.   He said some women may opt to try a vaginal delivery for the birth experience or because of the faster recovery.

24.   Vaginal deliveries are less risky than Caesareans, a surgical procedure.