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 ...

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

Children born via cesarean section may be at an immunological disadvantage compared to their natural birth peers, research suggests. A study, published in Nature Communications, found that the birth ...

Rates of cesarean delivery are rising globally. They now account for more than 30% of births in the United States. As a result, more women than ever face the decision of whether they should attempt a ...

March 10, 2010 — An independent expert panel released today a draft consensus statement on vaginal birth after cesarean delivery (VBAC) at the close of a 3-day conference. The National Institutes of ...

In a time when cesarean births are increasingly common, stories of women successfully delivering normally after a C-section bring both hope and surprise. Known medically as VBAC (Vaginal Birth After ...

Let’s face it: reading medical studies from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is about as thrilling as watching paint dry. So, when The New York Times dropped its bombshell summary that ...

The number of cesarean sections and serious maternal complications around childbirth have decreased in recent years in New Jersey, according to a new report, a welcome development for a state that has ...

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu said that 4.2 per cent of funds under Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust are being spent on ...