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Dangers of C-Section... or are you too posh to push? Why you could be wrong

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Of course you’ve heard of the latest health fad, that of city women increasingly preferring Caesarean Section over natural birth.

The Nairobian carried the tragic story of a woman who died while undergoing the surgical procedure, not for any medical reasons, but to keep her safe from complications – and arguably the pain – of vaginal birth. This is just one among a few cases that come to the fore: many others remain obscured.

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