Cesarean Section

• Baby born 117 days after stroke leaves Czech mother brain-dead

  Czech doctors believe they have set a new record. having delivered a healthy baby girl nearly four months after a stroke left her mother brain-dead.

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  Sep 3, 2019
  
• C-section births nearly doubled worldwide over 15 years: study

  Rates of cesarean section births almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12 to 21 per cent worldwide - new research has found, with the life-saving surgery unavailable to many women in poor countries while often over-used in richer ones.

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  Oct 12, 2018
  
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• Women who birth by C-section potentially face long-term health risks: study

  Women who birth through C-section have a higher risk of getting hysterectomies and experiencing other complications later in life.

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  Aug 10, 2017
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• Why researchers are encouraging women to eat and drink during labour

  Results from a new research review are already changing how one medical college is approaching labour.

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  Mar 20, 2017
• Woman allegedly shamed by photographer for undergoing C-section, sparks debate

  A birth photographer allegedly refuses services to mom-to-be because they don't consider C-sections to be "real birth."

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  Feb 28, 2017
• Study suggests increase in C-section births is preventing female evolution

  A new study out of Vienna is suggesting the increase in women opting for cesarean section births is getting in the way of females evolving to have wider pelvises, which would accommodate the growing brains and heads of babies.

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  Dec 8, 2016