A caesarean birth

If a normal vaginal birth could be dangerous or even impossible for you, your baby will be delivered by Caesarean section. The number of babies delivered by Caesarean section has increased rapidly ad is now about one in four in the UK, of which two-thirds are emergency.

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  Caesarean section

  In a Caesarean section, small horizontal incisions are made in your abdomen and uterus, and your baby is delivered through them.
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  Miriam's casebook - An emergency Caesarean

  Fran's first child is now three years old. Both the pregnancy and birth went smoothly. Her second pregnancy was also healthy and she and her baby were both doing well. Three days before her expected date of delivery, she went into labour, which progressed perfectly normally until the end of the...
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