BOSTON — Pregnant women can be given a low-dose epidural early in labor without increasing their chances of a Caesarean section, according to a study that could change the way obstetricians practice ...

Among women included in this analysis, which excluded women if they had medical conditions that required immediate cesarean sections or precluded the use of epidural, 754 (36.7%) of the women had ...

The human body is wired so precisely that it responds intuitively throughout the delivery process. However, things may not always go as planned. I opted for a painless vaginal delivery during my ...

Fanchon Turnbull Stults was a first-time mom, excitedly planning for her baby boy, when halfway through her pregnancy she learned he was in a breech position. Breech babies, babies who are angled butt ...

A British woman says her newborn son will be her first and last child after the epidural she received prior to his birth allegedly wore off during an emergency cesarean section. In September, new mom ...

Emergency C-sections are surgical procedures that typically lasts 5-10 minutes and are performed when a mother or baby's life ...

Emily had a bad feeling about her Caesarian section before it started. The epidural had numbed her legs, but she could sense the catheter in her bladder, which seemed wrong to her as a labor and ...

All through my pregnancy I said I wanted a natural birth. No drugs, no machines, minimal intervention. I wanted to give my baby a pure beginning—the purest beginning possible, unpolluted by chemicals.

Most caesarean births are carried out under spinal or epidural anaesthesia, ensuring you stay awake but free from pain. Yet, ...

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...

Infants exposed to general anesthesia during Caesarean-section births are known to be at higher risk of developing autism symptoms. But the reason has been a mystery. Now, Israeli researchers claim to ...