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Daytime deliveries most common
Baby Births Ledb
In this Nov. 11, 2011, file photo, a mother holds her newborn baby at a hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Noon is the most common time of day for babies to be born without help, according to a first-of-its-kind federal report released on Friday, May 8, 2015.
NEW YORK — Taking mom out to lunch on Mother's Day is surprisingly appropriate: The noon hour is one of the most common times of day for babies to be born. The 8 o'clock hour is even more popular — that's the peak time for cesarean sections, which tend to be scheduled in advance, a new report shows. For deliveries that are moved along with labor-inducing drugs, mid-afternoon is most common.
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