Recovering from a C-section while caring for a newborn is tough—but what if you could heal at home with expert support?

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.

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

Thomas Gibson, 40, suffered a cardiac arrest after a doctor reportedly misinterpreted a scan, a court heard on Tuesday, June 4 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Some complex medical situations can affect a fetus or pregnant patient. Although rare, these situations can require medically necessary abortions later in pregnancy, OB-GYNs and reproductive health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 63% of transplant recipients had a cesarean delivery vs. 26% of women without a transplant. Among ...

Jana Kramer's due date with her current pregnancy is Dec. 2 — which just so happens to also be her 40th birthday — but she's not planning to go the full 40 weeks. The singer has previously said that ...

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...

Sixteen Michigan hospitals reported rates of cesarean births for low-risk, first-time mothers that were above the ideal mark in 2024, according to the national hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group.