Rising caesarean section rate linked to age of mothers
Insight: Prof Michael Turner outlined prevalence of C-sections. Photo: Tom Burke
Rising caesarean-section rates among first-time Irish mothers have been found to be strongly linked to increasing maternal age.
The findings in the new study carried out in the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital are important in the light of evidence that Irish women are choosing to defer having their first baby until later in life.
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