A caesarean (or C-section) is when a cut is made in your tummy and womb to deliver your baby. In the UK around 25% of babies are born via Caesarean section. Around 10% are elective C-sections (i.e.

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

Pregnant women who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 are less likely to have a cesarean section or experience hypertension, according to a study. A meta-analysis funded by the National Institute ...

Re “Doctors Stick With Unreliable Medical Tool to Justify C-Sections” (front page, Nov. 7): As the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I found that this article, ...

The author had her 4 children via C-sections and says the last one was the easiest.Courtesy of the author After pushing for two hours with my first child, I was sent to have a C-section. With my ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have ...

Cherise Doyley was forced to appear in Zoom court from her hospital bed, while in active labor, because she refused to have a ...

A woman living in a remote village in Mexico did what most would consider unthinkable: performing her own successful ...

Variation in hospital cesarean delivery rates can be partially explained by the way labor and delivery units are managed, according to new research out of Harvard’s Ariadne Labs, published in ...

Having an extra trained professional by your side might ease a pregnancy. Among a group of pregnant individuals insured by Medicaid, those who used a doula in addition to a medical team had a lower ...