Maternity services in England have received new guidelines today which for the first time set out a woman's right to choose a caesarean section even if there is no clinical need and obliges midwives ...

World Health Organisation says procedure carries health risks, but does not improve mortality rates in countries where high numbers are performed Caesarean sections should only be carried out when ...

'There aren't many pros of having a Caesarean, but there are circumstances when it is in the best interests of the mother and/or the baby,' says Melanie Every, spokeswoman for the Royal College of ...

The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32 percent in 2007, the country’s highest rate ever, health officials are reporting. The rate has been climbing steadily since 1996, setting ...

There is no evidence to support postulated associations between mode of delivery and subsequent maternal sexual enjoyment or frequency of intercourse, according to a new study from the University of ...

ALTHOUGH up to a quarter of pregnant women in the UK have a caesarean birth, the procedure is still surrounded by questions and myths. Are women who have an elective C-section really just 'too posh to ...

Caesarean sections, while life-saving, are major surgeries, not minor ones, and recovery is faster than often believed.

When Bryony Russo arrived at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, she and husband Dan begged for a caesarean as they knew something was wrong. Bryony, then 41 weeks and three days into her ...

Pregnant women who ask for a Caesarean delivery should be allowed to have the operation, even if there is no medical need, according to new guidelines for England and Wales. The National Institute of ...

On a Sunday morning in Johannesburg in June, a heavily pregnant Zodwa Mahlangu* woke up planning to go to church. Mahlangu was not due to have her baby for another week. But on that winter’s morning, ...