Today, nearly 1 in 3 births in the United States are performed by cesarean section, and a growing number of those are planned rather than done in response to an emergency. Planned C-sections allow ...

A picture of a laughing, blond two-year-old hangs on one wall of the office of Claudio Giorlandino, president of Italy’s National Commission on Maternity and Birth. The boy, a twin, was delivered at ...

C-sections are now the most common inpatient surgery in America. Business Insider analyzed years of hospital delivery data from Florida, Mississippi, and Iowa and found that C-section rates can differ ...

CHICAGO -- A new study finds the number of Cesarean deliveries remains very high in the U.S. despite many women's desire to have a non-surgical birth. Consumer Reports says the hospital you choose can ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — When Nora Crowley’s doctor told her she’d need to have a C-section, she burst into tears. “I’ve been working through the feeling that my body couldn’t do what it was supposed ...

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...