If you're planning to have a cesarean delivery — or C-section — or you want to be ready in case you need one, here's what you need to know about recovery, pain and other symptoms.

In South Africa, around 26% of babies born in public hospitals are delivered by C-section, while the number jumps to 77% for ...

Vaginal delivery is the preferred method for childbirth, but medical conditions may necessitate a C-section. Read on to know ...

Mississippi Today and The Fuller Project requested low-risk C-section data from the Mississippi State Department of Health ...

Cesarean section is a common operative procedure, with the proportion of women giving birth by cesarean section (CS) increasing over time in all developed countries over the past several decades.

About 1.3 million women will have a C-section this year in the U.S., making it the most common surgical procedure in the ...

Women with an unplanned cesarean delivery had increased odds of developing postpartum depression and attending postpartum ...

Florida has become the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, siding with a private equity-owned physicians group that says the change will lower costs and ...

In the paper, Dominguez-Bello and colleagues note that C-section surgery is sometimes a lifesaving procedure, necessary in 10 percent to 15 percent of births to avoid death of the mother, child, or ...