07.05.2026

 

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Cesarean sections are a common way to give birth today, accounting for nearly one-third of births in the U.S.

But where on earth did the name “cesarean section” come from?

References to removing babies from their mothers’ abdomens reportedly date back to ancient texts and folklore from Greece, Rome, China, Egypt, India and beyond. Initially, this kind of procedure was an attempt to save the baby when the pregnant mother was either dead or dying ― or a means of separating them for religious burial purposes when neither survived.