How to Use C-section in a Sentence

C-section

noun
  • Nearly one-third of births in the U.S. are by C-section.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, STAT, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In 2021, about one-third of births in the United States were C-sections.
    — Elsa Pearson Sites, STAT, 8 Nov. 2023
  • They were told the baby's best chance of survival was for Samatha to have a C-section.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • Her daughters, Ella and Ava, were both born by C-section as well.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
  • The patient, who was at high risk for bleeding, died the same day in March as her C-section, according to the state report.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • Just over a week after a C-section, Shakir still didn’t think her headache was an emergency.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Toward the end, the doctor started to warn that a C-section was imminent.
    — Time, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Ellie can't perform a C-section in time, and that's when Tommy and Jesse arrive.
    — Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • The star also revealed the baby was born via C-section because of its position in the womb.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • The book explains the benefits and risks of different types of childbirth, like home births, C-sections, and more.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 14 June 2023
  • Even during her C-section, the conflict was inescapable.
    — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Elsewhere in the episode, Violet performed a C-section on a patient in the field, which is way beyond a paramedic’s scope.
    — Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
  • My wife had been awake for thirty-six hours when our baby was delivered by C-section.
    — Danny Lorberbaum june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
  • Of course, Stone’s character also bears a C-section scar as well as a neck scar from when her head was cut open, which were made with the use of prosthetics.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Three days later, doctors performed a C-section and Ashley gave birth to a baby girl.
    — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • For this reason, C-section babies can also have a conehead if their head is pressed against the walls of the uterus or cervix prior to delivery.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • What about postpartum belts catered to those who underwent a C-section?
    — Holly Pevzner, Parents, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Recovering from a C-section and having a new baby at home isn't easy.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 14 Aug. 2023
  • His wife successfully gave birth via C-section in the hospital back in 2018.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Erica had scheduled a C-section that day, knowing Max would have a few days off after this game to support her and the new baby.
    — Madeleine Janz, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Both her other boys were C-sections, and had her pregnancy progressed much further Siya would have had to be a C-section too.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But Patel said the fetus in the left uterus wasn’t dropping into Hatcher’s pelvis, so the doctor suggested a C-section.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The doctors made the last-minute decision to perform an emergency C-section.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
  • Her daughter Elsie was delivered via C-section, but died four days later.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • For the same reason, you’ll usually be scheduled for a C-section delivery.
    — Lisa McCarty, SELF, 21 May 2025
  • An emergency C-section was performed on the victim, police said, and her baby was not injured by the gunfire.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • During that visit, a health care provider usually examines the tissue, whether a tear from birth has healed, or the condition of a C-section scar.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 12 July 2024
  • Her lawyers noted such risks as that 0.9 percent of women need hysterectomies after a third C-section.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • This occurs when the placenta blocks the cervix and Spelling was put on bed rest for four months as a result and delivered Finn via C-section in her 37th week of pregnancy.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Instead, Manal's arrival by C-section came under air attacks a month after the war in Gaza began.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024

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