Lying on the operating table after a planned C-section, Niki Jensen was told by doctors that they had found something incredibly rare. Instantly, the 29-year-old business owner went into panic mode, ...

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 ...

As a New York State Assemblymember, my roles as a mother and grandmother have greatly impacted my tenure in the Legislature. My three “babies” are now having babies of their own. So, when I think ...

The researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway also determined that women who take at least a year to conceive are 21% more likely to be delivered by C-section compared to women who got ...

After pushing for two hours with my first child, I was sent to have a C-section. With my second child, I tried for a VBAC but ended with a C-section again. For my last two babies, I just went ahead ...

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 ...

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Share on Pinterest An alarming new report shows that Black women are 25% more likely to undergo a C-section than white women FG Trade/Getty Images An alarming new report reveals racial disparities in ...

Most of us have likely never considered that the way we are born could shape our lives and overall characters. Yet, according to Mariya Nurislamova, who describes herself as a “spiritual teacher, ...