A caesarean (or C-section) is when a cut is made in your tummy and womb to deliver your baby. In the UK around 25% of babies are born via Caesarean section. Around 10% are elective C-sections (i.e.

The number of C-sections a person can safely have varies and depends on individual health and history. Multiple C-sections can increase certain risks, such as uterine rupture and heavy bleeding.

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 ...

When journalist and professor Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She says she could literally feel the operation as it was happening. Later, ...

One mom called the "gentle" C-section experience "amazing." — -- When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with ...

C-sections can save lives, but sometimes they're not needed, WHO says. — -- Stephanie Dulli knew she needed a cesarean section shortly after learning that her unborn son was in a "jackknifed" ...

There's no correct way to give birth. Whether you opt for a cesarean section, forgo drugs, or go the home birth route, every birth is unique and special in its own right. Still, one mom was left ...

Nothing about having babies has been easy for me. After struggling with unexplained infertility for a year and a half, my first pregnancy ended in an unplanned cesarean section. So, the second time ...

I need to know if I’m being sensitive. We had our son four years ago, and he was delivered via c-section for a few reasons. Since then, my husband has made random comments like “You didn’t deliver him ...