caesarean section
Noun
Meaning
the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)
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Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are more symmetrical.
There is something essentially sanguine about me, which I am inclined to attribute to the fact that I was born by caesarean section. It must affect you.
A Caesarean section is usually performed when a vaginal delivery would put the baby's or mother's life or health at risk; although in recent times it has been performed upon request for childbirths that could otherwise have been natural.
“But I am scared because in 2011 I had to be transferred to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo for a Caesarean section due to complications during the birth of my last-born child.
Except when used prior to Caesarean section, use it during pregnancy only if the benefit to the mother outweighs the potential risk to the fetus.
Such women also experience higher rates of Caesarean section and post-partum hemorrhage compared to those who have not undergone the procedure, and this risk increases with the severity of the procedure.