"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During her son’s birth via C-section in May, Jenna Jonaitis watched her baby come out of her body. She ...

When Edwards resident Tiffany Oetting went into labor at Vail Valley Medical Center, having a Cesarean birth, or C-section, was “not part of the birth plan.” The necessity of the surgery became ...

One mom called the "gentle" C-section experience "amazing." — -- When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with ...

For the first time in years, health care providers are making changes to their cesarean section procedures, and it could mean big changes for mothers, babies, and hospitals across the country. Today, ...

There are many reasons women need cesareans. Sometimes the situation is truly life-threatening. But often the problem is that labor simply isn't progressing. That was the case for Valerie Echo Duckett ...

Diana Burdette has dim memories of her first son, Azriel, being born two years ago — she had a cesarean section and did not see or hold her child for many hours after the surgery. It made it difficult ...

It's just been a few weeks since Esma was born. Her mother, Jennifer Alrahbi, had her husband and her doula -- a non-medical labor companion -- by her side when she had her medically necessary ...

Even though the caesarean section is quite a common surgery in the UK (26.2% of births in the UK from 2013-2014 were by C-section) many women feel like the experience of having one doesn't align with ...