Congratulations, you’re expecting! This exciting time includes a lot of changes for you, as well as planning for the arrival of your baby and the not-so-distant future. It can also mean lots of ...

Despite the low number of vaginal births among patients who have previously had cesarean sections, Kentucky providers ...

After Rachel Somerstein was rushed into an operating room for an unplanned caesarean section, her doctor made the first cut. “I felt that,” she told him. “You’ll feel pressure,” the doctor responded.

Experts say one way to avoid unnecessary C-sections is to choose a hospital with low rates for the procedure. But many states withhold that data.

Moms are often made to feel ashamed of having a surgical delivery, but I wouldn’t trade my daughter’s birth for the world. By Thalia Mostow Bruehl This story was originally published on Sept. 24, 2019 ...

When Rachel Somerstein was pregnant with her first child, delivering via cesarean section wasn’t in her plans. That changed the day she gave birth when after hours of labor, her daughter’s heartbeat ...

Nothing about having babies has been easy for me. After struggling with unexplained infertility for a year and a half, my first pregnancy ended in an unplanned cesarean section. So, the second time ...

Every day, roughly 10,000 babies are born in the United States, and about a third of them are born via Cesarean section. This share has gone up significantly over time, and many in the scientific ...

Share on Pinterest An alarming new report shows that Black women are 25% more likely to undergo a C-section than white women FG Trade/Getty Images An alarming new report reveals racial disparities in ...

The walls are going up inside the new Ascension Seton Women’s Hospital connected to the Ascension Seton Medical Center on 38th Street. The eight-story, 336,000-square-foot tower will be bigger than ...