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Cesarean Section
Overviews
- Overviews
- C-Section
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - Cesarean Childbirth (American College of Surgeons) - Links to PDF
- What You Need to Know about Cesarean Section (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Caesarean Delivery: When Is It the Best Option? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Is It Possible to Breastfeed After a Cesarean Birth? (La Leche League International)
- Recovering from Delivery (Nemours Foundation)
- Vaginal Birth After C-Section: Health Decision Guide (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery (VBAC) (UpToDate)
Research
- Research
- Labor Induction at 41 Weeks Lowers Cesarean Rate (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Weighing the Pros and Cons of Cesarean Delivery (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Statistics
- Statistics
- Birth Choices After Cesarean Section (Nemours Foundation)
- FASTATS: Births -- Method of Delivery (National Center for Health Statistics)
- FASTATS: Obstetrical Procedures (National Center for Health Statistics)
- PeriStats (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)