Roughly a third of all births happen via cesarean section in North America. Lots of c-births are ABSOLUTELY necessary and we need to be able to perform this surgery to save moms and babies. Having said that, it is also true that this procedure is widely overused, and that is likely due to a myriad of reasons. The WHO estimates that the necessary amount of c-births that should be performed are around 10-15%, so we are likely doing about 20% more c-sections than we should. Obviously each scenario