For some women, the best option is a midwife. Studies have shown that for low risk women, primary midwife care reduces the likelihood of a c section. In addition, primary midwife care significantly ...

Today, nearly 1 in 3 births in the United States are performed by cesarean section, and a growing number of those are planned rather than done in response to an emergency. Planned C-sections allow ...

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 ...

C-sections are a common procedure in maternity care, but higher rates of emergency caesareans can be a sign of systemic ...

C-sections can save lives, but sometimes they're not needed, WHO says. — -- Stephanie Dulli knew she needed a cesarean section shortly after learning that her unborn son was in a "jackknifed" ...

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 ...

A senior gynaecologist in Assam, a northeastern state of India, is under investigation after performing 21 emergency caesarean section (C-section) deliveries within a single shift. Dr Kantheswar ...

Panel expected to issue recommendations today on ways to lower cesarean rates. March 10, 2010— -- Cesarean births are at an all-time high and fewer women who've had a C-section are opting for ...

Americans living in 10 states may have to fork over nearly $30,000 to give birth, shocking new data reveals. In Alaska, mothers opting for a vaginal birth can expect to receive a bill for $29,000, ...

If you missed the Episode 1 newsletter, about what led me to report on the problem of severe pain during C-sections and the people trying to solve it, you can find it here. Episode 2 takes up the ...

TJ Watt and his wife, Dani Watt, are getting vulnerable about the traumatic birth of their baby girl. The Pittsburgh Steelers ...

MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — A family from Madison will soon be a part of a museum exhibit in the heart of New York City thanks to a viral birth photograph that highlights a lesser-known way to connect mom ...