How to Use cesarean section in a Sentence

cesarean section

noun
  • After a cesarean section, his wife couldn't drive for a month.
    Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There were plans for a cesarean section when her due-date arrived.
    Rachael Trost, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Last year a pregnant woman died in Louga, in the north of the country, after waiting in vain for a cesarean section.
    Babacar Dione, ajc, 30 May 2022
  • When his wife had a cesarean section, the couple decided to get a private room for three nights, which came out to just $260.
    Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The next day, doctors performed a cesarean section and Gary was taken to a special care unit.
    Susan Hogan, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The pressure to get back on stage after giving birth to Dev led her to go back to the gym and ballet just two weeks after a cesarean section.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
  • Twenty-four hours after a cesarean section, Maduike was cleared to go home.
    Leanne Italie, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But Izabela’s heart stopped on the way to the operating theater to have a cesarean section.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 July 2022
  • Born by cesarean section, the girls emerged with their skulls and blood vessels fused together.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • Sanchez had had two sons, Andy and Alex, both by cesarean section, but then had a miscarriage because of a fibroid.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
  • The Sorrentinos welcomed Romeo to the world on May 26 via cesarean section, weighing 6 lbs., 8 oz.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Becoming Mom podcast, sharing why she's grown to be proud of the scar left from her cesarean section.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The mother, 25-year-old Halima Cisse, gave birth by cesarean section to four boys and five girls on Tuesday.
    Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
  • The cesarean section rate rose by a tiny amount after having decreased four years.
    Mike Stobbe, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2018
  • They are often born by cesarean section because of their big heads.
    Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The girl was born in June via cesarean section to a patient in her mid-30s, said the Cleveland Clinic, which performed the transplantation and birth.
    Scottie Andrew and Saeed Ahmed, CNN, 9 July 2019
  • His wife is still healing from a cesarean section delivery two months ago and hasn’t yet returned to her job at TJ Maxx, Oge said.
    Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Brooklyn was a breech birth, [Victoria] had to have a cesarean section ...
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Webb was due to give birth on August 29, but had scheduled a cesarean section on August 22 in hopes of avoiding the stress of being rushed to the hospital.
    David Williams, CNN, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Wise, who was over eight months pregnant at the time, was scheduled to have a cesarean section days after she was found, TCPalm.com reported.
    Edmund Demarche, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2018
  • An emergency cesarean section was performed in an attempt to save the child's life.
    Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • Haley Parke gave birth to her second son on Dec. 2, via cesarean section, three weeks before term.
    Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 19 Dec. 2021
  • The only physical proof left, a scar from her cesarean section.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Her son was born that night through an emergency cesarean section.
    oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The mother had had an emergency cesarean section in Mexico in early May and crossed the border with the baby on June 4.
    Astrid Galvan, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2019
  • The baby was delivered by cesarean section on Nov. 22, about a month before her due date, the hospital said.
    Alan Cowell, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The rate of births by cesarean section has skyrocketed in recent years.
    Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Sparks came up with the idea in 2007 while living in Okinawa, Japan, after giving birth to her second child via cesarean section.
    NBC News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • What’s the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section?
    Julie Appleby, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
  • Typically, health insurance covers a 48-hour stay for a vaginal delivery and a 96-hour stay for a cesarean section.
    Julia Hinkle, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024

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