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

A year ago, an obstetrician sliced through several layers of fat and muscle, while I was wide awake on a hospital bed, and pulled my son from my body. It was great. Over quickly, no lasting trauma, ...

C-sections have tripled globally, and the WHO warns many are risky for mothers and babies. Two doctors in Germany are doing their part to prevent some unnecessary surgeries by helping breech ...

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 ...

One in three babies are delivered by cesarean section in the U.S., the most common major surgery in this country. A new investigation by The New York Times finds that a widely-used fetal monitoring ...

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 ...

A new study underscores a known link between planned C-sections and the risk of ALL, a childhood cancer. But overall, the risk is still very small, experts caution. When you purchase through links on ...

Emily had a bad feeling about her Caesarian section before it started. The epidural had numbed her legs, but she could sense the catheter in her bladder, which seemed wrong to her as a labor and ...