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C-section

A C-shaped cross-sectional configuration; used as a structural framing member.
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A cesarean section or a "c-section" refers to an abdominal delivery wherein the uterus is incised to deliver the baby.
Don't do a C-section unless it's medically required, experts have said, as a rise in caesarean births has been noted in almost every country in the world.
The staff shortage means the facility only can attend to those undergoing C-sections.
"A C-section to deliver your first baby all too often becomes a C-section for all subsequent deliveries that's why it's important for us to focus on reducing the number of C-sections in first-time births, wherever appropriate," she said.
is a Hasidic Jew, worried that numerous C-sections would impact her
A renowned documentary filmmaker, with past triumphs including feature documentaries A Haircut Story and Sharing An Island, Danae takes in this rising trend for local C-sections in Birth Days.
They said misconceptions and complications surrounding vaginal births are other reasons for women opting for C-sections, including fear of labour pain, post-partum haemorrhage, episiotomy, cervical and perineal tears, and birth asphyxia, among others.
The company's president and CEO Tony Arrigo said: "the ability to deliver single use 1% Lidocaine 'Safety Snap' ampules as an anesthetic for use by clinicians and pain management practitioners, health care providers for birthing, C-sections, pain management, and local and regional anesthesia is far reaching".
The rise in C-sections is primarily because of private hospitals, where patients pay out of pocket expenditures.
Yes, adding azithromycin to the usual antibiotic protocol in nonelective c-sections reduces infections.