In monthly meetings, Ms. Culver made doctors aware of their C-section rates compared with their peers’. She also hung “first ...

Mothers who give birth by C-section are more likely to experience excruciating pain that affects their day-to-day life and develop debilitating sleep disorders, concerning new research has suggested.

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 ...

Giving birth via caesarean section – in which a baby is delivered via a cut made to your tummy and womb, rather than through your vagina – is incredibly common. According to the NHS, around 1 in 4 ...

Sixteen Michigan hospitals reported rates of cesarean births for low-risk, first-time mothers that were above the ideal mark in 2024, according to the national hospital watchdog The Leapfrog Group.