When Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She recounts her own experience and the history of C-sections in her book, Invisible Labor.

Immediate post-op recovery- Typically after a cesarean section (which is usually done under regional anesthesia except in rare cases) the mother is kept under observation for 1-1.5 hours.

Over 30% of births in the United States are via C-section, and many times is a life-saving procedure for mom or baby. Heading into my fourth Cesarean, I knew I needed to take more ownership of my ...

A woman may want a planned cesarean section to give birth for many reasons. For some, it's the best choice. But C-sections have risks of their own. As long as there's no emergency, don't let ...

For a smooth C-section recovery, focus on pain management, breastfeeding nutrition, and post-operative care. These are key elements to ensure a healthy healing process and overall well-being after ...

Q: I had a C-section about a year ago, but my scar still sometimes hurts, itches and even smells. What’s going on? If you’ve had a cesarean section, you may have expected your wound to be ...

When journalist Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She recounts her own experience and the history of C-sections in her book, Invisible ...

Since the 1970s, the C-section rate in this country has increased by 500%, where one in three babies are born via C-section today. Further, the C-section rate in New York State exceeds the national… ...

She says that those who have a C-section are four times more likely to have a blood clot. I’m lucky they caught mine when they did. Rather than going home to my 2-year-old, I was hooked up to an ...

Those same C-section babies, however, were found to have received nearly a third of their microbiome from breastfeeding, while the bacterial breakdown of vaginally born infants included only 11.2% ...

A man in Australia sued the hospital where he watched his wife undergo a cesarean-section birth in 2018, claiming it caused him a "psychotic illness." "Mr. Koppula alleges that he was encouraged, ...