Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...

Recovering from a C-section while caring for a newborn is tough—but what if you could heal at home with expert support?

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and ...

The steady rise in C-sections from 21 percent of births in 1996 to 32 percent today is a major quality and cost problem. The trend has been associated with a significant increase in serious maternal ...

BENEFITS. BABY DARCY IS ALL SMILES, SNUGGLED IN MOM’S LAP IN THEIR WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS HOME. HOME IS WHERE MOM EXPERIENCED A HEALING HAND. WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, BUT IN THE ...

A new program offered by Lutheran Hospital is designed to help mothers ease into postpartum life. The rehabilitation program for mothers of cesareans or traumatic vaginal births was created by Matthew ...

Amanda Koop, of Michigan, watched her son being born via cesarean section. A hospital in Michigan is giving birthing parents a new way to stay connected during a cesarean section delivery. Spectrum ...

A Suwon court ordered a hospital to compensate a family after doctors refused to perform a C-section during a difficult delivery, which caused their baby to be born with a disability.

November is Prematurity Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about premature births and the challenges ...

Cesarean section (C-section) procedures have increased dramatically around the world in the recent decades. Overweight and obesity rates, common risk factors for pregnancy outcomes and for C-sections, ...

A man in Australia sued the hospital where he watched his wife deliver a baby via cesarean-section birth in 2018, claiming it caused him a “psychotic illness.” New dad Anil Koppula filed the lawsuit ...