In a recording of the hearing obtained by ProPublica, the laboring patient Cherise Doyley called it “the craziest thing I’ve ...

C-section rates decade high in 2025 as CDC reports U.S. births decline and fertility hits a 25-year low, impacting obstetric service planning.

In September 2024, a pregnant mother of three from Jacksonville, Florida, went into labor and made her way to the University of Florida Health Hospital. Cherise Doyley, a professional birthing doula, ...

More data from the CDC: Overall, there were more than 3.6 million births in the U.S. last year. It sounds like a lot, but ...

A cesarean section, or C-section, is a planned or emergency surgical procedure to remove puppies directly from a pregnant dog’s uterus. While the procedure can save the puppies or the mother dog’s ...

An Alexis wound retractor (AWR) “about the size of a dinner plate” was accidentally left in a woman’s abdomen after giving birth via c-section in 2020 Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on ...

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 ...

Racheal Ede is an experienced medical and health writer with an extensive health background as a medical laboratory scientist. She is passionate about helping people make informed medical decisions by ...

An older cesarean section closure technique may reduce the complications caused by the surgery. Though faster, the technique now used most frequently seems to be responsible for the creation of ...

According to a new study, Greece is reporting the highest number of Cesarean sections (C-sections) per 100 births in the ...