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Published January 16, 2010, 12:00 AM

Scheduled births rise, and draw scrutiny

With her due date just over three weeks away, Cole Kelley’s labor was induced because she was told her baby was getting too big. The induction failed, however, after a painful two days of drug-induced contractions. Warned the baby couldn’t fit through her pelvis, Kelley had a caesarean section eight days later.

By: Michele Munz, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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