Ann Ndeto, a first-time mother from Nairobi, delivered her son through a Caesarean Section (CS). The joy of motherhood had ...

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...

A new clip of Drake appearing to be visibly frustrated over his section being taken away in Turks and Caicos recently went viral on social media. The rapper has been a known customer of the British ...

A new clip of Drake appearing to be visibly frustrated over his section being taken away in Turks and Caicos recently went viral on social media. The rapper has been a known customer of the British ...

Recovering from a major surgery like a C-section is not easy, but for mothers who have young children at home, these challenges are compounded. Finding time to rest and heal can feel impossible at ...

Baby-monitor footage of a new mom springing out of bed in a panic because she thought her baby couldn't breathe has sparked viral discussion on TikTok. Haley Kucera (@itshaleyjace) shared the clip, ...

Women who undergo C-sections are more likely to experience debilitating pain and sleep disorders in the months after giving birth. Researchers found both qualitative and large-scale data supporting ...

Although cesarean section rates have been roughly stagnant for years statewide and nationwide, some Long Island hospitals have made dramatic progress in reducing the percentage of low-risk pregnancies ...

Doctors perform cesarean sections more frequently at Long Island hospitals than at counterparts elsewhere in New York, even though the surgery poses greater risks to mothers than vaginal births, a ...

In the U.S., the rate of Cesarean sections jumped 55% in the 25 years ending in 2021, and now, three in every 10 births occurs by C-section, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). With ...

When Jillian Brown was pregnant with her first baby, she did “everything under the sun” to have a vaginal birth. Brown, who was 31 at the time, conceived using IVF but was otherwise considered ...

Today, nearly 1 in 3 births in the United States are performed by cesarean section, and a growing number of those are planned rather than done in response to an emergency. Planned C-sections allow ...