Allison Reidenbach was asked if she wanted to donate her twin babies' placentas to Lifeline of Ohio about an hour before she was to have a Caesarean section at OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital for the ...

Jenny Mollen and Jason Biggs open up about Mollen's second pregnancy, including her placenta previa and deciding on a name Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

A cesarean section represents a significant medical decision that doctors don’t recommend lightly. While vaginal deliveries remain the preferred method for most births, specific circumstances can make ...

Laura Wilson didn't know about placenta donation until she was on the operating table. "I had a cesarean, so they came in while I was being prepped for surgery," Wilson says in a YouTube video. "It ...

If you had a C-section before, you might be curious about how it could impact your next pregnancy, especially regarding the placental position. Sometimes, a previous C-section can shift the placenta’s ...

Among women in England, cesarean section in the first delivery increased the risk of placenta previa in the subsequent delivery by 60%. There was no evidence that the effect of CS on placenta previa ...

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...

Even a well-planned birth can take a sudden turn. Sometimes, a C-section scheduled calmly in advance must be converted into ...

A cesarean section, or C-section, is major surgery that is done to deliver a baby through the abdomen. A doctor makes a 6- to 7-inch-long cut through the skin and muscle of the abdomen. Then the ...

AT THE Boston City Hospital in the ten-year period from 1936 to 1946 there were 961 cesarean sections — 3.3 per cent of 28,341 deliveries, or 1 cesarean section in every 29 cases. This incidence is ...