The steady rise in C-sections from 21 percent of births in 1996 to 32 percent today is a major quality and cost problem. The trend has been associated with a significant increase in serious maternal ...

Having an extra trained professional by your side might ease a pregnancy. Among a group of pregnant individuals insured by Medicaid, those who used a doula in addition to a medical team had a lower ...

C-sections are a common procedure in maternity care, but higher rates of emergency caesareans can be a sign of systemic ...

Here's how Florida's Live Healthy Act could attract new businesses to provide maternity health services. Florida has a maternity care problem. But a new law could pave the way for businesses to offer ...

A senior gynaecologist in Assam, a northeastern state of India, is under investigation after performing 21 emergency caesarean section (C-section) deliveries within a single shift. Dr Kantheswar ...

Kylie Kelce, who is 38 weeks pregnant, has birth plans on the mind − understandably − and is taking the time to call out those who dismiss different experiences. "I've seen a number of triggering ...

A new report shows the state’s cesarean section rate for low-risk mothers is the second highest in the U.S. A report released in March from research organization Leapfrog found that New York state’s C ...

Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.