Constipation after a cesarean delivery may occur due to changes in dietary intake, dehydration, or hesitation to defecate due to pain following the procedure. Symptoms of constipation can include hard ...

A new synthesis of global evidence, published in Anaesthesia finds that chronic postsurgical pain after cesarean delivery is ...

It is an experience we all share, as miraculous as it is mysterious. Birth. Today, roughly one in three births in the United States occurs via cesarean section or C-section. In some other countries ...

Most couples and families in India wonder whether the normal or C-section delivery is a right choice for childbirth. However, the answer depends on the mother’s and baby's condition. Both normal and c ...

Being born by cesarean section may have long-term health consequences, increasing your risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes as an adult, a study of more than 30,000 US women suggests. The research, ...

How much do you know about a Cesarean section? Maybe you know someone who had the surgical procedure after complications during childbirth that required a baby to be delivered as soon as possible. Or ...

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 ...

When Breanna Jay was pregnant with her first son, she expected a vaginal delivery. But when she was 38 weeks pregnant, she learned her son’s feet were facing downward, what’s known as breech. Doctors ...

About 1 in 6 women experience symptoms of postpartum depression (PPD) 2 months after cesarean delivery, with certain obstetric factors such as emergency cesarean delivery before labor, cesarean ...

Among women who delivered by C-section, 68.9 percent conceived within the next three years, compared with 76.7 percent of women who delivered vaginally. By Nicholas Bakalar Women have lower rates of ...