A Milwaukee doctor was the first in Wisconsin to use a skin-to-skin drape for C-section births.

A Milwaukee doctor was the first in Wisconsin to use a skin-to-skin drape for C-section births.The inventor of the drape made a special trip to Milwaukee to meet both doctor and mother.VIDEO ...

WHY YOU KNOW THEM: Richmond-area registered nurses Kimberly Jarrelle, Deborah Burbic and Jess Niccoli developed a surgical drape for use during cesarean section births to allow mothers to have ...

About one-third of births in the United States each year are by cesarean section, and often those moms don’t get to have immediate skin-to-skin contact with their babies.

Hospitals offer 'gentle' C-sections with options like aromatherapy and a see-through drape One mom called the "gentle" C-section experience "amazing." ...

The Skin to Skin C-Section Drape allows the baby to be passed through to the mother whilst compiling with the sterility requirements of an operating theatre.

Many c-section mothers still miss out on seeing the actual birth of their children, a moment hidden behind a blue plastic drape, witnessed only by doctors and nurses.

Typically in a C-section, a surgical drape is over the mother, like a curtain, and blocks her view of the baby being born.

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section.

In 2018, doula and photographer Tracy Abney captured a c-section on camera — and the snapshots have since gone viral, likely due to the fact that the mom used a partially clear drape to witness ...

A new technique at Saint Joseph Health System's Plymouth and Mishawaka hospitals gives parents the option of seeing their newborn being delivered by C-section.

Almost 1 in 3 births occur via C-section now, but there is a more patient-centered option called a gentle C-section. Here's what it is and what that means.