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Caesarean sectionSurgical operation to deliver a baby by way of an incision in the mother's abdominal and uterine walls. It may be recommended for almost any obstetric complication implying a threat to mother or baby. Caesarean section was named after the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, who was said to have been born this way. In medieval Europe, it was performed mostly in attempts to save the life of a child whose mother had died in labour. The Christian Church forbade cutting open the mother before she was dead.
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WHEN IN TELL SOMEONE I am working on a story about the escalating rate of cesarean sections in the US, it often leads to a conversation that goes something like this: nbsp;deliveries, volume, neonatal mortality and complication rates for nonindicated or patient-choice cesarean sections. Labor assistants who are not able to read the VBAC Companion should substitute What Every Woman Should Know About Cesarean Sections by Childbirth Connection. |
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