"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 ...

In recent years, a significant shift in cesarean section procedures has transformed the experience for mothers, moving it from a purely medical intervention to a more intimate, personal moment. The ...

A gentle C-section, as the reinvented technique is sometimes called, is as safe as the traditional form, said Dr. Felicity Plaat, who presented the research and works as a consultant anesthetist at ...

(CNN) – Monique was unable to have a natural birth for medical reasons, but she was able to experience what some say might be the next best thing, “the gentle c”. “It is a surgical procedure which ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is how many moms are able to watch their babies be born via c-section — without seeing the incision Being unable to witness the birth of a baby with one’s own eyes due to undergoing a cesarean ...

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 ...