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 ...

The teamwork at Lutheran Hospital makes mothers and their babies feel supported through the birth experience.

In recent years, a significant shift in cesarean section procedures has transformed the experience for mothers, moving it from a purely medical intervention to a more intimate, personal moment. The ...

Annette Fineberg realized the policy was bull. The obstetrician's patient—who was overweight, in active labor, delivering a premature and thus small baby—had previously undergone a C-section, sure.

Falischa Moss had just a moment to make a life-or-death decision: have a cesarean section or risk her life and those of her two unborn daughters. When she went to a hospital to have the twins in 2017, ...

During her pandemic pregnancy, Brittney Reed was adamant: She wanted to birth her twins vaginally in an unmedicated delivery. She'd heard horror stories, she said, specifically about cesarean ...

Baby deliveries via a VBAC—a vaginal birth after cesarean—have come into the spotlight in recent years, with several celebrities having opted for it. The most recent example is Tammy Hembrow, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spontaneous preterm birth rate was higher after second-stage cesarean delivery vs. vaginal delivery.