Caesearean Birth, Delivery: Information, Advice & Resources

An unnamed mum has shared her post-caesarean scar in a photo.

Mum posts photo of c-section scar to prove she gave birth

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Cesarean Section C-Section Birth Mother and Newborn

With a cesarean section, the path to obesity may begin at birth

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Mum's brutal truth about c-section: 'This is not the easy way out'

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A birth with a difference: the 'natural caesarean'

We've shared stories of gentle caesareans before, but a new video shows a new option called a 'natural caesarean'.

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The emotional after-effects of an emergency caesarean

As I lay on the hospital bed, fully dilated and numb from the waist down, I heard the words I was dreading.

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Liz Sheehan and George, a year down the track.

How hypnobirthing got me through a c-section I dreaded

Hypnobirthing most certainly isn't about clucking like a chicken with Daryl Somers in front of a room full of gullible idiots.

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More parents want 'vaginal seeding' for babies, but doctors aren't sure

It sounds good in practice, but vaginal seeding might not be such a great idea after all.

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I had a caesarean and it was beautiful

Guess what? Despite not pushing him out, I cried, and my heart skipped, and I felt the rush of love and pride when I saw him for the first time.

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Hospitals are delivering elective caesareans earlier than the recommended term of 39 weeks gestation.

NSW hospitals putting 'babies at risk'

Thirty-eight weeks or 39? Non-medical factors are pushing women to have elective caesareans earlier than official guidelines - and hospitals are playing along.

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Amber Hughes with her husband Daniel and children Kayden, Harvey, Jessica and Olly.

Mum gets caesarean moments after giving birth

A mother has spoken about her shock at doctors performing an emergency caesarean on her after she had already given birth.

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Large birth weight forecasts often inaccurate, leading to more caesareans: study

Fewer than 8 per cent of babies born in the United States meet the medical definition of a large baby - but mothers aren't told that.

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How the baby is passed to the mother immediately after the birth.

Nurses invent skin to skin c-section drape

The determination of three US nurses to provide immediate skin to skin contact to mothers delivering their babies by caesarean section has led to the invention of a unique surgical drape.

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Caesarean delivery doesn't harm baby's future health, study finds

An Australian study has found that caesarean section delivery is not linked to a higher risk of health problems during childhood.

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Three truths about C-section mums

Lately I've been thinking about the caesarean stories and the brave women who birth their children with strength and beauty.

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