"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During her son’s birth via C-section in May, Jenna Jonaitis watched her baby come out of her body. She ...

A gentle C-section, as the reinvented technique is sometimes called, is as safe as the traditional form, said Dr. Felicity Plaat, who presented the research and works as a consultant anesthetist at ...

In recent years, a significant shift in cesarean section procedures has transformed the experience for mothers, moving it from a purely medical intervention to a more intimate, personal moment. The ...

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section. “You're carrying this ...

"Opposed to it being a surgery. It was a birth," Alrahbi said. That's because Alrahbi had what's called a Gentle Cesarean section. Doula Jessica Fuss described a typical Cesarean birth. "They're taken ...

Q. What is a "gentle C-section"? A. The term was popularized by doctors at the Center for Labor and Birth at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who wanted to make the C-section experience more ...

When Las Vegas mother April Clemency found out that she would have to undergo a c-section, her old birth plan went out the window and she began researching new methods. "I had to come to terms with ...

A woman is lying on an operating table. In front of her is a big curtain, usually blue, that separates her from the surgical field: her own pregnant belly. Beside her, near her head, her partner is ...

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section. “You're carrying this ...