Ten mom-tested truths about C-sections, backed by leading medical guidance, to help you plan your birth, advocate in the OR ...

A new collaborative approach is designed to improve birth outcomes, decrease cesarean section procedures, and increase patient engagement. Maternal morbidity and mortality continue to be a devastating ...

General anesthesia might be appropriate for some pregnant women during a cesarean section delivery. Babies born with general ...

Readers respond to a front-page article about fetal heart monitoring and C-sections. Also: When Shirley MacLaine was the ...

The New Jersey Department of Health released surgical/cesarean birth rates by hospital among women considered at low risk for birth complications. The department’s data reveals that too many ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who attempt vaginal childbirth after having several babies by cesarean section may not have a greater risk of complications than women who've had only one prior ...

Cesarean birth rates are steadily rising and still less than 10 percent of women have successful vaginal births after cesareans. A National Institutes of Health panel has been examining the clinical ...

Caesarean section births have been ticking upward in recent years after a decade of gradual declines. But the number of repeat C-sections – people who have them for subsequent deliveries – is falling.

All along, Julia Maeda knew she wanted to have her baby naturally. For her, that meant in a hospital, vaginally, without an epidural for pain relief. This was her first pregnancy. And although she is ...

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 ...