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If you’re pregnant or planning to become pregnant, whom you choose as your maternity provider is a big deal. Your physician and hospital should ideally be trustworthy, up front about procedures, and ...

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 ...

A woman may want a planned cesarean section to give birth for many reasons. For some, it's the best choice. But C-sections have risks of their own. As long as there's no emergency, don't let yourself ...

There are many reasons women need cesareans. Sometimes the situation is truly life-threatening. But often the problem is that labor simply isn't progressing. That was the case for Valerie Echo Duckett ...

NEW ORLEANS — The number of previous cesarean deliveries a woman has undergone has an effect on the optimal time for subsequent cesarean delivery, according to a new study of almost 6500 women.

She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that my patient doesn’t want a fourth child. But she is haunted by memories of her third cesarean section ...

No matter where a family lives, welcoming a baby into the world can be a joyous occasion – yet how a woman experiences birth varies drastically from country to country. The number of births by ...