An elective C-section is scheduled. For example, a mother having a repeat C-section or has a breech presentation. It is a C-section that’s done either for maternal or fetal indications that are not an emergency. In this case, the mother or the baby is not in severe distress. Some malpractice cases are for failure to schedule a C-section. But most claims are for failure provide an emergency C-section when fetal distress signals call for one.