C-section
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈsiːˌsɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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cesárea
- You may also face needing to deliver this child via a C-section because of your BMI.
- an emergency C-section
- C-section babies
- a scheduled C-section
So went down to the hospital and got checked in and went in for my C-section.
- So went down to the hospital and got checked in and went in for my C-section.
- There was increased risk in surrogacy, pregnancy for preeclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, preterm birth and C sections.
- To be honest, I think the thing that did me good, especially as I had a four day labour and an unplanned C-section.
- Four days, one unplanned C-section, one beautiful baby, one tired mum and one sort of tired but not as tired as mum and dad.
- Where do I go to get the, to get the answer to the where do I get the C-section from?
- Once I had my child, I always have to have C sections, so they put me on pain pills.
- And I thought he meant breech births, you know, C sections, baby and C sections.
Examples
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Tegan was thrilled that she was indeed going to get to assist with a C-section.
Fiction book (1999) -
Four days, one unplanned C-section, one beautiful baby, one tired mum and one sort of tired but not as tired as mum and dad.
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I tell women who are having a C-section that it was the best experience of my life.
Blog text (2) -
There are various reasons why we have to have a C-section.
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I have a scheduled C-section.
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Giving birth, vaginally or by C-section, is serious, but these days it's pretty safe.
Blog text (9) -
You can't do an emergency C-section without an anesthesiologist.
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I'd been an emergency C-section, and VBAC was pretty much unheard of at the time.
Blog text (9) -
A baby that's born via C-section is from a microbiome perspective, wildly different than a baby that's born vaginally.
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The doctor explained that a C-section would be necessary due to complications during labor.
Synonyms
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3.6
An operation that delivers a baby through a cut in the mother's belly and womb
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3.7
An operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's belly and womb
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3.7
An operation to help a woman have a baby by making cuts in her belly and womb
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3.6
A birth by an operation where doctors cut the belly and womb
A medical operation to deliver a baby by cutting the mother's abdomen and womb
A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby
A baby born by an operation through the mother's belly and womb
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
C-section is short for Caesarean, a word linked to the old Latin root caedere meaning 'to cut'. A helpful story says Julius Caesar was born by this method, but the real memory hook is that C-section literally means a 'cut' used to take a baby out during surgery.