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With a cesarean section, the path to obesity may begin at birth
Babies delivered by C-section were 64 per cent more likely to grow up to be obese than were their brothers and sisters delivered vaginally.
Mum's brutal truth about c-section: 'This is not the easy way out'
A new mum has shared photos of her caesarean section scar to prove she did not "take the easy way out" when giving birth to her son.
A birth with a difference: the 'natural caesarean'
We've shared stories of gentle caesareans before, but a new video shows a new option called a 'natural caesarean'.
The emotional after-effects of an emergency caesarean
As I lay on the hospital bed, fully dilated and numb from the waist down, I heard the words I was dreading.
How hypnobirthing got me through a c-section I dreaded
Hypnobirthing most certainly isn't about clucking like a chicken with Daryl Somers in front of a room full of gullible idiots.
More parents want 'vaginal seeding' for babies, but doctors aren't sure
It sounds good in practice, but vaginal seeding might not be such a great idea after all.
I had a caesarean and it was beautiful
Guess what? Despite not pushing him out, I cried, and my heart skipped, and I felt the rush of love and pride when I saw him for the first time.
NSW hospitals putting 'babies at risk'
Thirty-eight weeks or 39? Non-medical factors are pushing women to have elective caesareans earlier than official guidelines - and hospitals are playing along.
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Mum gets caesarean moments after giving birth
A mother has spoken about her shock at doctors performing an emergency caesarean on her after she had already given birth.
Large birth weight forecasts often inaccurate, leading to more caesareans: study
Fewer than 8 per cent of babies born in the United States meet the medical definition of a large baby - but mothers aren't told that.
Nurses invent skin to skin c-section drape
The determination of three US nurses to provide immediate skin to skin contact to mothers delivering their babies by caesarean section has led to the invention of a unique surgical drape.
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