Whether delivering via cesarean or vaginally, patients' overall experiences and perceptions of childbirth are largely determined by the kind of treatment they receive from their medical providers and ...

Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate whether having a first childbirth by cesarean delivery affected subsequent reproductive outcomes. They used data from a perinatal ...

The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has updated its interactive tool, "Your Health System," which reviews health-care data across all provinces and makes recommendations for the ...

Making informed decisions about childbirth represents one of the most significant choices expectant parents face. While both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections safely bring babies into the world ...

New research suggests that mothers who give birth by C-section (cesarean delivery) are more likely to have two major problems afterward: severe pain that disrupts sleep and daily activities, and a ...

Fewer than 16% of US counties between 2016 and 2021 were home to a hospital offering labor after cesarean (LAC) services or the planned attempt to deliver vaginally by a person who previously had a ...

Low-risk patients at predominantly Black-serving hospitals (BSH) who previously gave birth through Cesareans are likelier to attempt and successfully deliver vaginally in a subsequent pregnancy than ...

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: ...

You’ve just brought your baby into the world through a cesarean section (C-section), and now it’s your turn to heal. This is the part no one really prepares you for. Everyone talks about sleepless ...