Although a high percentage of babies are delivered the way nature intended, or vaginally, it’s not that uncommon for babies to be born via Cesarean section. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

Childbirth is no walk in the park—no matter how your baby is delivered. There is a stigma around Cesarean deliveries, or c-sections, that incorrectly assumes they are “the easy way out,” but that is ...

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

SEATTLE — What's normally supposed to be an emergency procedure is now becoming more common than ever. The World Health Organization estimates that cesarean section (C-section) deliveries will be used ...

Kathy McCoy receives funding from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the W. Garfield Weston Foundation. University of Calgary ...

Children born by cesarean section may have important differences that affect their neurodevelopment. By Perri Klass, M.D. Cesarean delivery can save a baby — or a mother — at a moment of medical ...