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caesarean section

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caesarean section: see cesarean section cesarean section (sĭzâr`ēən), delivery of an infant by surgical removal from the uterus through an abdominal incision.
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lower rates of breastfeeding at three months Women who conceived with ART were more likely than other Victorian childbearing women to have had a caesarean section and to be disappointed with the birth experience.
Doctors delivered her by Caesarean section at 26 weeks -- 14 weeks early -- because her mother suffered from toxemia, a condition in which poisonous substances spread throughout the body.
Obstetric fistula, caused by prolonged and obstructed labour without prompt medical intervention, usually through a Caesarean section, leaves women with chronic incontinence and in most cases results in a stillborn baby.
 
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