Days after Bachelorette alum JoJo Fletcher gave birth to her and husband Jordan Rodgers’ first baby during an emergency ...

A year ago, an obstetrician sliced through several layers of fat and muscle, while I was wide awake on a hospital bed, and ...

Hospitals don't always publicly disclose their C-section rates, so we compiled our own data from over 1,700 hospitals. Here's how.

Our data analysis of over 1,700 hospitals across the US suggests that for-profit healthcare systems appear more susceptible to high C-section rates.

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...

Recovering from a major surgery like a C-section is not easy, but for mothers who have young children at home, these challenges are compounded. Finding time to rest and heal can feel impossible at ...

Baby-monitor footage of a new mom springing out of bed in a panic because she thought her baby couldn't breathe has sparked viral discussion on TikTok. Haley Kucera (@itshaleyjace) shared the clip, ...

Women who undergo C-sections are more likely to experience debilitating pain and sleep disorders in the months after giving birth. Researchers found both qualitative and large-scale data supporting ...

Objective: To determine whether there was any difference in neonatal and maternal outcomes between breech vaginal delivery and cephalic vaginal delivery. Methods: A retrospective, case-control study ...

Doctors perform cesarean sections more frequently at Long Island hospitals than at counterparts elsewhere in New York, even though the surgery poses greater risks to mothers than vaginal births, a ...

Emily had a bad feeling about her Caesarian section before it started. The epidural had numbed her legs, but she could sense the catheter in her bladder, which seemed wrong to her as a labor and ...

In the U.S., the rate of Cesarean sections jumped 55% in the 25 years ending in 2021, and now, three in every 10 births occurs by C-section, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). With ...