E113: Tips to Avoiding a C-Section

About this episode

Angie Rosier discusses factors influencing C-section rates and offers tips to avoid unnecessary surgeries during birth.

Send us Fan Mail One number quietly shapes a lot of birth experiences: the cesarean section rate. When about one in three US babies is born by C-section, it raises a big question for anyone planning a birth: how many of those surgeries are truly necessary, and what can we do to lower the odds of an avoidable one without turning birth into a battle plan? I walk through the real factors that push C-section rates up or down, starting with the two choices that often matter most: your provider an...

People in this episode

Host: Angie Rosier

Topics covered

• C-section
• birth experiences
• healthcare choices
• birth planning
• cesarean section rates

Keywords

• C-section
• birth
• cesarean
• health
• provider choices
• birth plan
• surgery

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