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 ...

Jessica So, a dermatologist, posted a video of herself and her son performing a C-section on an abdomen made of Play-Doh. The video has more than 4 million views on Twitter. So and her son have ...

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 ...

So you're having (or had) a C-section – congrats! You're one of about 32% of women who deliver this way, according to the latest report on births from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Having a baby is one of the best moments in a mother’s life. While it brings immense joy, the toll it takes on the body ...

After nine months spent as a growing life in someone else’s body, the second a baby is born, they begin growing life in their own body: colonies of tiny bacterial cells ready to begin populating a ...

Having a baby is exciting for anyone. New parents look forward to the first few days of bonding with their new baby once the birth is over. However, when the baby arrives via c-section, the early ...

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 ...

A cesarean delivery, also called C-section, requires more time to recover than a vaginal delivery. The big C-section scar takes time to heal, and your back and abdominal muscles need time to gain ...

When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories. Owen, Oct. 17, 2014; 12 seconds old.Credit...Artwork by Christian Berthelot ...

The main focus of most parents after the birth of their new baby is the care and well-being of their child, but the mother’s care is just as important. Whether the baby was born vaginally or cesarean ...