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

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 ...

It used to be a given: Women who had a baby by cesarean section only had the option of delivering any following pregnancy by C-section. However, that’s no longer the case. Vaginal birth is now an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly every woman who gives birth in an American hospital is strapped with a belt of sensors to track the baby’s heartbeat. If the pattern is deemed abnormal — too slow, for example — doctors often ...

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 ...

One LADYist reader asked us, "What's the verdict on VBACs?" What's a VBAC, you ask? While it might seem to be a type of artificially intelligent vacuum cleaner or a new sort of fancy air conditioner, ...

Aspen Valley Hospital's board of directors voted unanimously on Monday to immediately stop performing vaginal births for women who have previously had cesarean sections. The decision backs a ...

What Elon Musk wouldn’t do for his kid! Only a month ago, Vivian Jenna Wilson, Musk’s estranged transgender daughter, slammed her "disowned" father for allegedly using sex-selective IVF for his kids.