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What I loved about my caesarean section
In many ways, it was my favourite birth.
![Renee Wijesinghe with four-month-old Charlie, who was a breech baby.](http://web.archive.org./web/20181121105711im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/x/q/9/c/o/image.related.landscape.300x200.gxq8p0.png/1502076691235.jpg)
Skill shortage may force women with breech babies into caesareans
Victoria's only specialist breech clinic has closed.
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'Natural caesareans' give control back to mums, experts say
Efforts to make the caesarean deliveries as close to a vaginal birth as possible is giving control back to mothers.
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Chewing gum could help with caesarean section recovery
Packing your hospital bag to have a baby? Then you must add one more item to the list – chewing gum.
![Kirsty McKenzie and her children.](http://web.archive.org./web/20181121105711im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/w/5/6/n/5/image.related.landscape.300x200.gw56p9.png/1494900251006.jpg)
'I fear I'll be judged if I have a caesarean'
Isn't safely bringing a baby into the world enough, without having to worry about the "how"?
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The big difference between my first and second caesareans
My first C-section went smoothly and my experience was perfect. So why was it so different when it came to my second caesarean?
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Incredible video of baby 'popping out' during gentle caesarean
These videos of babies being born via gentle caesareans will blow you away.
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Rebecca Judd encourages natural birth after 'horrific' caesarean with twin boys
There are many things Rebecca Judd loves, caesarean sections are not one of them.
![This newborn was delivered by breech c-section by Dr Jham Frank Lugo in Venezuela.](http://web.archive.org./web/20181121105711im_/http://www.essentialbaby.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/z/k/k/b/image.related.landscape.300x200.guzkqe.png/1489658484500.jpg)
Video captures beautiful breech caesarean birth
A new life is brought gently into the world with tender and expert hands.
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9 things I wish I'd known before I had a caesarean
Most would agree that a c-section isn't the way we want our babies to enter this world but sometimes we don't get to choose.
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'I was very frightened': Why Leanne had to fight to have her baby safely
A leading Sydney doctor says the push for natural childbirth is endangering women and babies.
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