In recent years, a significant shift in cesarean section procedures has transformed the experience for mothers, moving it from a purely medical intervention to a more intimate, personal moment. The ...

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 ...

There so many ways to give birth — from a vaginal birth to a water birth — but there may be a number of reasons you might be considering or preparing for an elective caesarean section. Elective ...

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

Kelsey Birch remembers the crushing pressure, the sharp jerks, and the feeling of hands inside her abdomen. "I felt like I was being torn apart," she said. "I couldn't handle it." Birch, a then ...

What if I told you that a major surgery that cuts through your abdomen, opens your uterus, and requires weeks or months of healing is still casually described as taking the easy way out? It sounds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the spring of 2016, obstetrician Dr. Jesanna Cooper's practice hired a nurse-midwife to deliver babies at Princeton Baptist ...

Florida is the first state in the nation to authorize advance birth centers where women can receive C-sections outside of a hospital setting A recently enacted Florida law that allows doctors to ...

WASHINGTON -- Doctors reassured Randi Rosenberg there was no reason to fear natural childbirth -- she was in fine shape. But she so wanted to skip labor with her first baby that she switched doctors ...

A mom of two is going viral for her public service announcement everyone needs to hear this C-section awareness month. Adriana Goblirsch, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, shared footage from her own ...