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A fivefold increase in c sections has many midwives concerned

Caesarean sections have increased fivefold over the past 40 years, much to the concern of many midwives. That’s according to a new study that found more than a third of Irish babies are now born through the procedure.  Dr Siobhán Corrigan, Assistant professor school of psychology at Trinity College Dublin led the paper and Dr. Corrigan spoke to Ciara on the show this morning with more on the study findings. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.   see more