An Alexis wound retractor (AWR) “about the size of a dinner plate” was accidentally left in a woman’s abdomen after giving birth via c-section in 2020 Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on ...

In case you didn’t know, the month of April is Cesarean Awareness Month. It’s a campaign done to help educate people about both the risks and benefits of surgical births. C-sections for first-time ...

As a freelancer, I’m used to always being on the go; simply because if I don’t work, I don’t eat. During my pregnancy and with this in mind, I was adamant about getting right back to work because I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among women with a previous cesarean section, those who underwent vaginal delivery instead of another cesarean ...

Vaginal cleansing showed no reduction in morbidity when performed before unscheduled cesarean deliveries, researchers reported at the 2022 Pregnancy Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

Every woman is entitled to informed childbirth choices, maternal recovery, and greater awareness about cesarean births. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Self-reported gender of surgeons was not associated with risk for maternal morbidity or postpartum hemorrhage ...

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 ...

According to a new study by nurse researchers at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, a Phoenix hospital part of Banner Health, a peanut-shaped exercise ball can be a highly effective tool to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Community Regional Medical Center in downtown Fresno photographed on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (CRAIG ...