C-section rates vary widely by hospital, but women often can't see the data

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The business of C-sections

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Kelsey Birch remembers the crushing pressure, the sharp jerks, and the feeling of hands inside her abdomen. "I felt like I was being torn apart," she said. "I couldn't handle it."

Moving from LA to Colorado was supposed to be temporary; then I got pregnant. We needed the support system we have here.

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The author and her husband decided not to move back to LA after she got pregnant.

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After giving birth, I felt detached from my body. I decided to cut my hair and start hormone replace therapy.

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The author, not pictured, began their gender journey after giving birth.

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Hilary Swank says she's glad she waited until her late 40s to have kids. It made her a more present mom.

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Hilary Swank, 50, said she's happy she had her kids in her late 40s.

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Gordon Ramsay's wife says he wasn't there for the births of their first 4 kids: 'It didn't ever really bother me'

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Tana Ramsay says her husband, Gordon Ramsay, wasn't present when she gave birth to their first four kids.

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I became a first-time mom at 43, and I consider my age a plus

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The author became a mother for the first time at 43.

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Naomi Osaka says she doesn't want many more kids because giving birth was 'traumatic'

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Naomi Osaka said she had a traumatizing childbirth experience.

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I never wanted to get married. But when I got pregnant, everything changed.

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Melissa Noble never saw herself getting married. Then, she got pregnant.

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Bosses in China have been accused of making job applicants take pregnancy tests: report

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Companies in Nantong, China, have been accused of getting female job applicants take pregnancy tests as part of pre-employment physical exams.

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