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Indications
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A C-section delivery is performed when a vaginal birth is not possible or is not safe for the mother or child.
Some of the main reasons for C-section delivery instead of vaginal delivery include the following:
When there is danger to the baby (fetal distress):- decreased oxygen level
- increased or decreased heart rate
- problems with the uterus:
- too small, scarred, or deformed
- multiple babies in the uterus (multiple births)
- problems with the cervix
- too loose or relaxed (incompetent cervix)
- active genital herpes infection of the mother
- problems with the placenta and umbilical cord:
- attached too close to the cervix (placenta previa)
- incompletely attached to the uterus (placenta abruptio)
- abnormally developed
When there is danger to the mother (maternal distress): - baby's head is too large to pass through mother's pelvis (cephalopelvic disproportion)
- prolonged labor
- abnormal position of the baby
- buttocks-first delivery (breech presentation)
- crosswise (transverse) position
- pregnancy at older age (over 40 years)
- extreme illness (toxemia, preeclampsia, eclampsia, hypertension)
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