Cesarean section is warranted when vaginal birth is unfeasible owing to medical issues such as labour dystocia, fetal ...

A vaginal birth after cesarean (known as a VBAC) is when a woman who has had a cesarean has a vaginal birth down the track. In Australia, about 12% of women have a vaginal birth for a subsequent ...

A cesarean section involves delivering a baby through an incision in a woman's abdomen and uterus. Approximately 15% to 20% of U.S. babies are born by cesarean section -- a significant increase ...

National rates of uterine rupture in trial of labor after cesarean increased from 0.20% in 2010 to 0.37% in 2022, with an ...

People who experience unplanned c-sections and failed vaginal deliveries during childbirth are more likely to develop PTSD ...

This includes "low-risk" cesarean rates, meaning the number of low-risk women who have surgery after laboring with a single baby in their first pregnancy. Provincial "low risk" cesarean rates are ...

Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno was recently fined almost $90,000 for wrongfully removing a Fallopian tube from a patient after a cesarean section birth, according to state ...

Institute for Community Health Innovations researchers have found through a new study that excessive gestational weight gain ...

Lutheran Hospital's postpartum inpatient rehab team teaches new mothers less painful ways to move after giving birth, ...

Vaginal birth leads to changes in the development of offsprings’ microbiomes not seen among mice born via C-section, which researchers suspect might contribute to the weight differences. Ashley ...

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, has revealed the rationale behind the Federal Government’s decision to support women facing pregnancy complications, ...

NAN reports that C-section is a surgical procedure in which a baby is delivered through incisions made in the mother’s ...