Concerned that a C-section could make bonding harder? Here is what the science shows about skin-to-skin, rooming-in, ...

Recovering from a C-section while caring for a newborn is tough—but what if you could heal at home with expert support?

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used ...

Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to ...

Isthmocele, sometimes called a Caesarean scar defect, is a small pouch that can form where a C-section incision was made.

When Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She recounts her own experience and the... After a traumatic C-section, journalist takes on the ...

When Rachel Somerstein was pregnant with her first child, delivering via cesarean section wasn’t in her plans. That changed the day she gave birth when after hours of labor, her daughter’s heartbeat ...

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

“But now you won't be able to tell people you've given birth to your baby, as a C-section isn't natural," the woman's mom said Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...