"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During her son’s birth via C-section in May, Jenna Jonaitis watched her baby come out of her body. She ...

Even though the caesarean section is quite a common surgery in the UK (26.2% of births in the UK from 2013-2014 were by C-section) many women feel like the experience of having one doesn't align with ...

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section. “You're carrying this ...

A woman is lying on an operating table. In front of her is a big curtain, usually blue, that separates her from the surgical field: her own pregnant belly. Beside her, near her head, her partner is ...

There are many reasons women need cesareans. Sometimes the situation is truly life-threatening. But often the problem is that labor simply isn't progressing. That was the case for Valerie Echo Duckett ...

"Opposed to it being a surgery. It was a birth," Alrahbi said. That's because Alrahbi had what's called a Gentle Cesarean section. Doula Jessica Fuss described a typical Cesarean birth. "They're taken ...

One mom called the "gentle" C-section experience "amazing." — -- When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with ...

It's just been a few weeks since Esma was born. Her mother, Jennifer Alrahbi, had her husband and her doula -- a non-medical labor companion -- by her side when she had her medically necessary ...