Growing obesity levels among mothers-to-be are driving up caesarean section rates, the Master of the Rotunda hospital has said.
According to Dr Sam Coulter-Smith, obesity in pregnant women is contributing to an increase in the number of C-sections being carried out.
The delivery method has reached record levels in the Rotunda and Dublin's two other main maternity hospitals.
Dr Coulter-Smith explained that a dramatic change in lifestyles over the past generation had lead to increasingly overweight women giving birth.
By Andrew Phelan © Herald.ie 2008
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