cesarean

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But after 25 hours of laboring at home, including five hours of pushing, Rae, then 38, was transferred to the hospital where she had an emergency cesarean section.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

According to the article in Time, all three wolves were born by planned cesarean section to minimise the risk of complications.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Vaginal birth complications increased 22.4%, and cesarean birth complications increased 48.9%.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Crain couldn’t sign consent forms for her care because of “extreme pain,” according to the records, so Fails signed a release for “unplanned dilation and curettage” or “unplanned cesarean section.”

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2024

Her placenta had weakened and she’d had a cesarean, though not quickly enough.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri