Were C-sections not done in 1953?

Question

I was a breach baby, in fact, I was in the womb sideways. And rather than do a C-section, my FAMILY doctor delivered me naturally. Think he must have just yanked the hell out me because i was born with a compound fracture of the right arm and a black eye. But it gets better. They couldn't get me to breath for six minutes and it screwed up my pituitary gland in my brain. The pituitary gland secretes growth hormone and tells all the other glands what to do. As a result, I am short (5'5"), and I have to take both oral and injected steriods for the rest of my life (plus Thyroid meds). All this could have been prevented by a C-cection.
Didn't they know how to do them in 1953? Or were very few done or what?

Answer 1

C-sections were available long before 1953. Supposedly, Julius Ceasar was delivered that way and that is where the name comes from. However, the availability of a surgeon may have had something to do with the family doctor's decision. In a city with a hospital nearby he would have taken your mother there, but in a more rural setting that may have not been an option.

Answer 2

They were doing c-sections back in the "cowboy and Indian" days. They were rare for many complications came about but mostly death resulted. As medicine advanced they became safer, in fact so, it's almost better for baby if delivered c-section.

Answer 3

idk, but ive seen people that have had c-sections right through their tattoos, and it is sooo weird, but i guess if it is an emergency.........