C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its ...

A new study shows that a widely available cesarean prediction tool accurately predicts delivery outcomes and highlights maternal risks, helping patients and providers make better-informed choices ...

The most common technique used for closing the uterus after a cesarean delivery causes so many long-term complications that it’s time to question its use. That’s the conclusion reached by two ...

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and ...

Researchers suggest an association between cesarean sections during labor and recurrent preterm birth or mid-trimester loss in subsequent pregnancies, potentially due to cervical damage Study: ...

Disparities in prevalence of C-sections and post-cesarean care have long been recognized, and it was only in 2021 that race ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Unplanned cesarean section delivery was tied to higher risk for postpartum depression (PPD) and increased odds ...

About 1 in 6 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) 2 months after cesarean delivery, with certain obstetric factors such as emergency cesarean delivery before labor, cesarean ...

Gestational weight gain above or below the Institute of Medicine recommendations was associated with a greater risk for adverse outcomes.