Almost one-third of births in the U.S. are delivered by cesarean section — or C-section. Surgical births are performed in the hospital, with a medical team present. Gentle C-sections allow you more ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Loving a C-section scar is not about pretending recovery is easy. It is about honoring your body’s work, caring for your ...

Cesarean sections to deliver babies are among the most common surgical procedures in U.S. hospitals. A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Black women are almost 25 ...

And on this day in 1794, physician Jesse Bennett carried out the first successful C-section in the U.S. As news of this ...

In case you didn’t know, the month of April is Cesarean Awareness Month. It’s a campaign done to help educate people about both the risks and benefits of surgical births. C-sections for first-time ...