variants
or caesarean section
as in natural childbirth
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President Biden welcomed his first great-grandchild into the world on Wednesday after his granddaughter Naomi had a cesarean section birth in Los Angeles.
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
In the first year, the program saved over $400,000 in total costs, primarily from a 25% reduction in cesarean section rates and a 16% decrease in NICU spending.
—David Snow, Jr., Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
One of the more harrowing sequences comes after an airstrike, when doctors perform an emergency cesarean section and frantically try to get a response from the infant.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The delivery had involved an induction, 40 hours of labor and ultimately a cesarean section — the kinds of complications that can send hospital bills skyrocketing.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
In the first year, the program saved over $400,000 in total costs, primarily from a 25% reduction in cesarean section rates and a 16% decrease in NICU spending.
—David Snow, Jr., Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
One of the more harrowing sequences comes after an airstrike, when doctors perform an emergency cesarean section and frantically try to get a response from the infant.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The delivery had involved an induction, 40 hours of labor and ultimately a cesarean section — the kinds of complications that can send hospital bills skyrocketing.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Cesarean section.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cesarean%20section. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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