September 12, 2026 — 5:00am

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Rising numbers of first-time mothers with low-risk pregnancies are experiencing a “cascade” of birth interventions, from inductions to caesarean sections, analysis of more than 343,000 births in NSW reveals.

More than one in four women (25.6 per cent) giving birth to their first child in 2018 and deemed to be low-risk experienced a labour induction or augmentation, followed by an epidural, then an instrumental birth or unscheduled caesarean section, with each intervention making the next more likely.

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