A Crowley mother discovered a radiopaque lap sponge marker was left inside her body following an emergency C-section in June, and is now seeking new medical attention and legal guidance.

Experts say one way to avoid unnecessary C-sections is to choose a hospital with low rates for the procedure. But many states ...

Four teams were assembled at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute to save a mother. — -- In any emergency medical procedure, doctors are quick to make a plan and jump into action. But for the ...

Kylie Kelce may be days away from delivering her fourth child, but that didn’t stop her from standing up for C-section moms everywhere. On a recent episode of her podcast Not Gonna Lie with Kelly ...

Expectant mothers in need of cesarean delivery in 2020 are now benefiting from evolving care pathways as many hospitals are exploring what they can do to expedite cesarean delivery patients’ recovery, ...

Doctors perform cesarean sections more frequently at Long Island hospitals than at counterparts elsewhere in New York, even though the surgery poses greater risks to mothers than vaginal births, a ...

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 ...

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn’s umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to researchers at ...

Nearly 1 in 60 patients with cesarean delivery suffered severe perioperative surgical morbidity, more often with intrapartum delivery, a California billing code study of almost 600,000 cases reported.

One young woman is sharing the terrifying symptom that led to emergency double surgery during her third trimester.

Obstetrics is a damn bloody business. The day when I went back home to our large referral hospital, I was met by Athenian shock combat. A terrible theatre list sneaked its way through my shift that ...