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deliver - v. to give birth

cesarean section - n. a surgical operation for giving birth in which a cut is made in the mother's body in order to deliver the baby (also called C-section)

belly - n. a person's stomach

maternal - adj. of or relating to a mother

practice - n. something that is done often or regularly

advocacy - n. the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal

pattern - n. something that happens in a regular and repeated way

vagina - n. a passage in a women's body that leads from the uterus to the outside of the body

appropriate - adj. right for the situation

discouraged - adj. making people not want to do something