NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women should only have a cesarean delivery if there is a medical reason for it, and doctors should not switch a vaginal birth to a cesarean section sooner than recommended, conclude the authors of a new study. Full story
NYT: A new study suggests several reasons for the nation’s rising Caesarean section rate. Full story
U.S. government scientists say more women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future. Full story
Italy's health minister traveled to Sicily on Monday to apologize to a woman whose delivery of a son was botched when her two doctors got into a fistfight in the operating room. Full story
Women who need a C-section should get antibiotics before, not after, they're cut — preferably within an hour of the start of surgery, says a new guideline for the nation's obstetricians. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The larger a pregnant woman is when she checks in on delivery day, the greater her risk of having a cesarean section, according to a U.S. study. Full story
Sept. 24: A mother in Indonesia gives birth 19-pound baby boy by Caesarean. TODAY’s Ann Curry reports.
Jayne Soliman suffered a brain haemorrhage and was declared brain dead when she was twenty five weeks pregnant. Doctors kept her alive long enough to deliver her daughter Aya Jayne by caesarean section. Pictured: Mahmoud Soliman with baby Aya Jayne. Copyright: The Sun. (Credit Image:
Jayne Soliman suffered a brain haemorrhage and was declared brain dead when she was twenty five weeks pregnant. Doctors kept her alive long enough to deliver her daughter Aya Jayne by caesarean section. Pictured: Baby Aya Jayne in the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Copyright: The Sun. (Credit Image:
25th July 1978: First test tube baby Louise Joy Brown who weighed in at 5lb 12oz having a good yawn not long after her delivery by caesarian section. The section was carried out by Patrick steptoe FRCS, FRCOG who helped Dr Robert Edwards pioneer the test tube technique.
