"The key is not to say 'no' to a request for a Caesarean section, " he says.
Doctors at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan delivered the boy by postmortem caesarean section.
Baby Jennifer weighed 2lb 4oz when she was born by Caesarean section on 28 December.
They found that babies born by elective Caesarean section had an increased risk of general respiratory problems.
She was also reported to be pregnant and to have undergone an emergency caesarean section before being airlifted.
Both were pronounced dead at hospital and the baby died a day after being delivered by caesarean section.
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In 2009, a French obstetrician, Michel Odent, blamed fathers for an increasing rate of births by Caesarean section.
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One young mother from Homs had given birth - by caesarean section - just days after arriving in Nabatiya.
She is brought into one of the tents for an emergency caesarean section.
An emergency caesarean section saved his life - but by then the prospects of a normal one had been ruined.
The report showed that a number of patients went on to conceive naturally and have children delivered by caesarean section.
Sandler's wife Traci, 38, who was recovering from a Caesarean section at the time, recognized something was wrong almost immediately.
For example, few clinicians think that babies get cerebral palsy because the obstetrician failed to deliver them by caesarean section.
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Babies who are delivered through Caesarean section are twice as likely to become obese than those born traditionally, US research suggests.
The twins were delivered by Caesarean section and doctors then started a "race against time" as soon as Isabel's head was free.
Women with no medical need can also ask for a Caesarean section.
Mr Jones, who had delivered Prime Minister David Cameron's youngest child by caesarean section in 2010, joined the Royal Cornwall Hospital in 1992.
As a result, when they become pregnant again, they often cannot face the prospect of a vaginal birth and want to have their baby by Caesarean section instead.
Every possible scenario was prepared for and only Lord Winston's controversial remarks, later denied, that Cherie was going to have a caesarean section threw things temporarily off course.
For example, at 37 weeks, 10% of babies delivered by elective Caesarean section developed respiratory problems, compared with 2.8% of infants delivered naturally or by emergency Caesarean section.
The children were born by Caesarean section in Khartoum, Sudan.
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Under fee-for-service, almost 30% of births are by Caesarean section.
One of Mrs Wadsworth's clients suffered from pre-eclampsia and needed a Caesarean section, but she was able to use the technique to make the experience as pleasant as possible.
Turkey's incidence of births by caesarean section -- more than 45% in 2011, according to the Turkish Health Ministry -- is much higher than the World Health Organization's recommended rate.
Erdogan is seeking to restrict not only abortion but also births by caesarean section, a procedure whose growing popularity he has attributed to secret foreign plots to stall Turkey's economic growth.
For instance, it requires insurance companies to cover individuals with pre-existing conditions, which can include a previous Caesarean section, pregnancy while seeking coverage, and receiving treatment for domestic or sexual assault.
But doctors also remember the fetal heart monitor, introduced with great enthusiasm in the 1970s as a way to cut down on birth injuries by alerting doctors to fetal distress in time to remove the baby via Caesarean section.
For example, among women giving birth for the first time, there was a two-fold difference between hospitals with the highest and lowest rates of induction of labour (17% compared to 38%), emergency caesarean section after induction of labour (20% to 40%) and instrumental delivery (16% to 32%).
While adequate weight gain during pregnancy is important for proper development of your baby, we now know that gaining too much weight is not good, as it can cause problems such as gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, increased risk of Caesarean section and infection, and more difficulty during labor.
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