Our data analysis of over 1,700 hospitals across the US suggests that for-profit healthcare systems appear more susceptible ...

Expectant mothers in need of cesarean delivery in 2020 are now benefiting from evolving care pathways as many hospitals are exploring what they can do to expedite cesarean delivery patients’ recovery, ...

Almost one-third of births in the U.S. are delivered by cesarean section — or C-section. Surgical births are performed in the hospital, with a medical team present. Gentle C-sections allow you more ...

In case you didn’t know, the month of April is Cesarean Awareness Month. It’s a campaign done to help educate people about both the risks and benefits of surgical births. C-sections for first-time ...

An Alexis wound retractor (AWR) “about the size of a dinner plate” was accidentally left in a woman’s abdomen after giving birth via c-section in 2020 Getty A surgical device “about the size of a ...

Hospitals don't always publicly disclose their C-section rates, so we compiled our own data from over 1,700 hospitals. Here's ...

Vaginal cleansing showed no reduction in morbidity when performed before unscheduled cesarean deliveries, researchers reported at the 2022 Pregnancy Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among women with a previous cesarean section, those who underwent vaginal delivery instead of another cesarean ...

She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that my patient doesn’t want a fourth child. But she is haunted by memories of her third cesarean section ...