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Kinds of delivery
Natural delivery
During a natural delivery the baby is born through the mother’s vagina. Most babies are born this way.
Natural delivery: woman giving birth to her baby.
Surgical delivery: caesarean section
Surgical delivery is also called caesarean section. The doctor makes an incision in the mother’s belly to take out the baby. The incision is made just above the pubic hair.
Surgical delivery: doctor performing a caesarian section.
Reasons for a caesarean section
Some of the most common reasons for a caesarean section are:
- The mother’s pelvis is too narrow to let the baby through;
- The placenta is in the entrance to the uterus (cervix) or the placenta has become detached;
- Part of the umbilical cord has come out through the cervix;
- The baby’s head is not lying downwards;
- There is more than 1 baby;
- Mother or child have a disease that makes a natural delivery impossible.