A C-section is a common and generally safe surgery to deliver a baby, but it’s still a major surgery with potential risks. Knowing about possible complications ahead of time helps parents prepare ...

Anaesthesia plays a vital role in a C-section, ensuring that the birth is both safe and pain-free for the mother. The type of ...

A comprehensive investigation released last week reveals that Black women are significantly more likely to undergo cesarean sections during childbirth than white women at the same hospitals, ...

Researchers suggest an association between cesarean sections during labor and recurrent preterm birth or mid-trimester loss in subsequent pregnancies, potentially due to cervical damage Study: ...

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - First-time mothers who are obese in their first trimester of pregnancy are nearly four times more likely to require a cesarean delivery than women who aren't overweight, a ...

Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.

Georgia’s ranking among the top five states for cesarean sections rates may only play a small role in the state’s high maternal and infant death pattern. But some Atlanta OB-GYNs remain concerned — ...

When journalist and professor Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She says she could literally feel the operation as it was happening. Later, ...

Sixteen Michigan hospitals reported rates of cesarean births for low-risk, first-time mothers that were above the ideal mark in 2024, according to the national hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group.