When babies are born vaginally, they pick up helpful bacteria from their mum as they pass through the birth canal.

A new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham finds that patients who undergo unscheduled or unplanned cesarean deliveries are at substantially increased risk of experiencing acute psychological ...

Making informed decisions about childbirth represents one of the most significant choices expectant parents face. While both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections safely bring babies into the world ...

Graphic shows rate of cesarean births in U.S. and by state; 2c x 5 inches; 96.3 mm x 127 mm; UK fines porn company £1 million for weak age checks ...

Women who have cesarean births at an advanced stage of labor are about eight times more likely to develop scars in the womb which are known to increase the likelihood of premature births in future ...

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...

SEATTLE — What's normally supposed to be an emergency procedure is now becoming more common than ever. The World Health Organization estimates that cesarean section (C-section) deliveries will be used ...

Evidence about the risk of placenta previa following a previous CS in UK women is limited to results published 25 years ago. [14] We used the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), an administrative ...