Story at-a-glance For more than a century, there has been a push to medicalize childbirth and transform it from a natural life event to something requiring major interventions so nothing goes amiss Many of the standard procedures done during hospital births increase your risk of needing other invasive interventions, eventually cascading into requiring a cesarean section Like other major abdominal surgeries, C-sections expose mothers to significant risk, require a prolonged recovery, and leave large scars which can cause a wide range of chronic issues C-sections also expose infants to real risks and predispose them to a variety of chronic autoimmune and neurological issues This Podcast will discuss the risks of C-sections, the situations where they are necessary, and some approaches that can be used to recover from them.