Most cesarean section complications aren’t due to the operation itself. Instead, complications typically come from the reason for cesarean delivery or from general anesthesia. Overall, a cesarean ...

Having a first child by cesarean delivery is linked to a reduced chance of having a second child and greater use of in vitro ...

NEW ORLEANS — The number of previous cesarean deliveries a woman has undergone has an effect on the optimal time for subsequent cesarean delivery, according to a new study of almost 6500 women.

Reducing the rate of cesarean sections among women considered at low risk for delivery by that method is a goal of Healthy People 2030. Prior research suggests that perinatal mood and anxiety ...

The most plausible mechanism linking cesarean section with later diseases is the hygiene hypothesis. 5 The basis of this hypothesis is that during the birth process the mouths of newborns delivered ...

New research, which has been published in the journal Science Advances, explains how giving birth through a cesarean delivery may lead to weight gain in the offspring. Share on Pinterest As more and ...

Women who have cesarean births at an advanced stage of labor are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future ...

In our post-Roe America, the government will force you to go through with pregnancy. And it will force you to have your child ...

In many industrialized countries, the cesarean rate has risen over the last 20 years and the WHO has recommended reducing it. Doctors and midwives are in demand, but also expectant mothers. From 10 to ...

In a recording of the hearing obtained by ProPublica, the laboring patient Cherise Doyley called it “the craziest thing I’ve ...

A new study published in the open-access journal JAMA Network Open in April 2020 suggests that women born by way of a Cesarean section are at higher risk of developing obesity as well as type 2 ...