Childbirth is no walk in the park—no matter how your baby is delivered. There is a stigma around Cesarean deliveries, or c-sections, that incorrectly assumes they are “the easy way out,” but that is ...

"Once we got home it was a shock I’m sure most mothers feel. The feeling of 'what do I do now?" Haley Kucera told Newsweek.

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Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and ...

When Teresa was 33 weeks pregnant, she went the hospital when she felt something was wrong — and learned she'd need to deliver her son that day. A nurse helped her through the difficult experience.

New research suggests that mothers who give birth by C-section (cesarean delivery) are more likely to have two major problems afterward: severe pain that disrupts sleep and daily activities, and a ...

When Rachel Somerstein was pregnant with her first child, delivering via cesarean section wasn’t in her plans. That changed the day she gave birth when after hours of labor, her daughter’s heartbeat ...

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 ...