Phaneuf, L. E. Porro cesarean section (cesarean section followed by supravaginal hysterectomy): review of 25 consecutive cases without maternal mortality. Am. J.

A C-section is a major surgical procedure, so your medical team will use various monitors. During a gentle cesarean, they attach the leads for these monitors to your side or back.

Being born by cesarean section may have long-term health consequences, increasing your risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes as an adult, a study of more than 30,000 US women suggests.

Yet another possible reason for the country’s high C-section rate, as we mentioned, is that physicians are routinely paid more for a C-section than they are for a vaginal delivery—on average ...

In North America alone, C-section births rose from about 24 percent to 32 percent during that time span, the study found. USA Today: U.S. "most dangerous" place to give birth in developed world 05:21.

Children born by cesarean section may have important differences that affect their neurodevelopment. By Perri Klass, M.D. Cesarean delivery can save a baby — or a mother — at a moment of ...