cesarean

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There has been a significant increase in cesarean section deliveries in recent decades, which made up 32.3% of deliveries in 2023, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

The average total cost for vaginal births is $14,768 and for cesarean sections is about $26,280, according to UW Health data.

From Salon • May 4, 2025

The protests were led by 4Kira4Moms, a group founded by Charles Johnson, whose wife Kira Dixon Johnson died of hemorrhaging at Cedars-Sinai after a cesarean section nearly nine years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

Similarly, the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative is working to reduce cesarean births and address racial disparities through Promoting Vaginal Birth and Birth Equity initiatives.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Her placenta had weakened and she’d had a cesarean, though not quickly enough.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri