For many women preparing for a scheduled cesarean section, the question of whether to add a permanent sterilization procedure ...

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 ...

(NEW YORK) — During her pregnancy with her first child, Emily Brown said she planned to have a natural, non-medicated birth. But the way Brown, 34, of Oklahoma, ended up giving birth to her daughter ...

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Caesarean section births have been ticking upward in recent years after a decade of gradual declines. But the number of repeat C-sections – people who have them for subsequent deliveries – is falling.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cesarean-section rates have been rising steadily in the developed world over the past 30 years, but a new analysis of data on nearly 20,000 women from around the globe ...