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Cesarean Section Photos: Step-by-Step

From Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE,
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Cesarean Section Surgery Begins

Initial Incision - Cesarean
Initial Incision - Cesarean Section
Amanda Ralston
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The cesarean section surgery rate now tops 27% of all births in the United States of America. Here is a picture essay, step-by-step of a cesarean birth.

In this photo you will see that the mother has been draped with sterile drapes and is in the operating room as they make the initial incision into her abdomen.

Photo © AR Ralston

  1. Cesarean Section Surgery Begins
  2. Multiple Layers of Incisions for a Cesarean Section
  3. The Uterine Incision
  4. Suctioning Amniotic Fluids
  5. Disengaging Baby from the Pelvis
  6. Baby's Head is Born
  7. Suctioning the Baby
  8. Baby's Shoulders Born
  9. Baby's Body Born
  10. Uterine Repair

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