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

After recovering from a cesarean section and sitting out for two months to allow her stitches to heal, she returned to play two weeks into the season in August.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

Vaginal birth complications increased 22.4%, and cesarean birth complications increased 48.9%.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

Gabriel was born by cesarean section on 2 June 2023 and has been in the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh ever since.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2024

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

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri