When babies are born vaginally, they pick up helpful bacteria from their mum as they pass through the birth canal.

Five cheetah cubs are receiving critical care after veterinarians decided to perform a rare C-section birth on their five-year-old mother last week. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden welcomed the ...

CINCINNATI (AP) – Cincinnati Zoo officials say five cheetah cubs born after a rare C-section procedure are getting around-the-clock critical care in the zoo’s nursery. The zoo’s director of animal ...

Cesarean section, or C-section, is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby in which the child is removed through a surgical opening in the mother’s lower abdomen area rather than birthed through ...

Cesarean section (C-section) procedures have increased dramatically around the world in the recent decades. Overweight and obesity rates, common risk factors for pregnancy outcomes and for C-sections, ...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A recent study is highlighting the need for less invasive surgical options for women with a prior C-section who subsequently need a hysterectomy. Dr. Daniel Gomez, a minimally ...

Is your baby in an awkward position? Is your labor not progressing? Do you have other health concerns? In any of these situations, you might need a cesarean delivery — commonly known as a cesarean ...

No matter where a family lives, welcoming a baby into the world can be a joyous occasion – yet how a woman experiences birth varies drastically from country to country. The number of births by ...