Population prevalence helps leaders to develop appropriate health strategies and approaches. Yet it can be challenging to ...

Prior cesarean delivery was associated with higher postmolar gestational trophoblastic neoplasia risk, without evidence of greater chemoresistance.

As the number of cesarean sections has increased over the past 30 years, a faster surgical closure technique has gained widespread use but may increase long-term complications.

Research on SSRI use during pregnancy indicates that individualized treatment is key to balancing the risks around depression and SSRI use.

Higher risk for gestational diabetes and some poor newborn outcomes reported, but lower risk for some adverse pregnancy ...

Objectives Since 1985, the international healthcare community has recommended the ideal rate of caesarean section (CS) to be 10%–15% at the national level. The literature has reported that overused CS ...

Local study suggests traumatic childbirths can trigger symptoms of PTSD. Gu and Zhu Yi, a fellow American-born athlete who ...

A woman's risk of developing postpartum depression is influenced by several pain-related factors before and after childbirth, ...

Lutheran Hospital said Monday that it had a 29% drop last year in cesarean births among first-time moms compared to 2024.

Reducing first-time C-sections allows for faster healing after birth, lower risk of infections and complications, better bonding and breastfeeding, along with shorter hospital stays and lower costs.

Kentucky mothers say they’ve been shamed over their desire to give birth vaginally after a prior cesarean delivery or never been informed this was an option for them, according to a new survey from ...

In May 2024, two months before her due date, my wife’s water broke, beginning our daughter’s birth story with an introduction that led to a six-figure ending. As we raced to the hospital, fear filled ...