How to Use cesarean section in a Sentence

cesarean section

noun
  • There were plans for a cesarean section when her due-date arrived.
    — Rachael Trost, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2017
  • After a cesarean section, his wife couldn't drive for a month.
    — Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • They are often born by cesarean section because of their big heads.
    — Jennifer Peltz, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Her son was born that night through an emergency cesarean section.
    — oregonlive, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The cesarean section rate rose by a tiny amount after having decreased four years.
    — Mike Stobbe, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 May 2018
  • Born by cesarean section, the girls emerged with their skulls and blood vessels fused together.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 16 July 2019
  • Twenty-four hours after a cesarean section, Maduike was cleared to go home.
    — Leanne Italie, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The only physical proof left, a scar from her cesarean section.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 19 Sep. 2023
  • An emergency cesarean section was performed in an attempt to save the child's life.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • Doctors soon told her that a cesarean section would be needed as the baby was in the wrong position.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The rate of births by cesarean section has skyrocketed in recent years.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 23 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • Ibarra was admitted right away and went on to have an emergency cesarean section.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His wife, Joumana Arafa, was a pharmacist and had given birth to the twins by cesarean section.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Her previous owner took her to the vet's for a cesarean section, and it was discovered that all her puppies had passed.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The woman, who sought a tubal ligation during her third birth by cesarean section, now has an 8-year-old daughter.
    — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Jorgensen, who was eight months pregnant at the time, had to get an emergency cesarean section, but her baby died six days later.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • Every time doctors prepared to do a Cesarean section, her baby moved.
    — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • Last year a pregnant woman died in Louga, in the north of the country, after waiting in vain for a cesarean section.
    — Babacar Dione, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
  • What's the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section?
    — Julie Appleby, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • 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
  • But Izabela’s heart stopped on the way to the operating theater to have a cesarean section.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 July 2022
  • Danielle was expecting to give birth on July 22 via a cesarean section.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • 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
  • Performing a cesarean section, for example, was out of the question, and this surprised some.
    — Ashley Nguyen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Studies have shown doulas can decrease the rates of preterm births, cesarean sections and postpartum depression.
    — Zinhle Essamuah, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
  • 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

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