INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The U.S. has about 10,000 births per day, and about 32% of those births are via Cesarean section, or C-section. If that number feels high for you, you’re not alone. The World Health Organization says the acceptable rate is only 10-15%.

Preparing for before, during, and after birth is a plan a mother needs to make with her care team. However, there’s one decision that may not get as much time.

“There are certain instances where the only safe way to deliver the baby is a C-section,” Rita Ellen Eye, OB-GYN, physician & owner of Premier OB-Gyn.

A C-section is when the baby is delivered ...