Cesarean Delivery

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  WHO Guidelines Can Cut Unnecessary C-Section Deliveries In India: Report

  Implementing the World Health Organization's guidelines could help improve women's care during childbirth and reduce unnecessary cesarean section deliveries, a pilot study conducted in India has found.

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  Painless Delivery: How Is It Different From A Normal Delivery?

  Painless delivery or cesarean section delivery has its own pros and cons

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  5 Things That Help Recovering From C-Section Delivery

  C-section delivery needs extra care to completely recover from the surgery and to heal the skin

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  Is Normal Delivery Possible After Cesarean? Our Expert Has The Answer

  All women can opt for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) for their second or third birth in order to avoid complications of a c-section delivery. However, there are certain criteria which need to be followed.

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  Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Guidelines On Cesarean Deliveries

  The petition was filed by Reepak Kansal, who had alleged "flagrant violations and abuse of health norms".

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  C-Section Deliveries: Top Risk Factors Associated With C-Section Deliveries

  A C-section or Cesarean section is referred to the surgical delivery of a baby. It involves one incision in the mother's abdomen and another one in the uterus.

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  Top 6 Myths About Cesarean Deliveries Busted

  Cesarean deliveries are subject to a number of myths, take a look.

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  Cesarean Deliveries Rise in India: How This Everyday Ingredient May Help Recover From Post-Partum Weakness

  Considering the growing numbers of C-Sections in the country, it is imperative to understand that post-partum recovery in C-Section takes a lot of time and the new mothers needs to adopt a well-balanced and nutritious diet to regain the lost energy

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  The Rise In Cesarean Deliveries Is Not Normal

  The Minister of Women and Child Development has brought to notice the high number of c-sections that are being performed in India despite WHO's guidelines.

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  Additional Drug May Cut C-Section Infection Rates By Half

  Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have discovered that administering the antibiotic azithromycin alongside a standard recommended drugs reduces infection rates by 50 per cent for women who undergo a cesarean delivery.

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  Study Finds Evidence Linking Caesarean Delivery And Childhood Obesity

  Children born by caesarean delivery appear to have higher odds of developing obesity than their peers who experienced vaginal births, a US study suggests. Women who had surgical deliveries known as C-sections were also more likely to be overweight, or to develop complications like diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy, than women who ha...

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  More Evidence Of A Link Between C-Sections, Childhood Obesity

  Children born by cesarean delivery appear to have higher odds of developing obesity than their peers who experienced vaginal births, a US study suggests.

• Woman in China gives birth to 15-pound baby

  A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in 1949. The state-run Tianjin Post said Tuesday that the 29-year-old mother in Henan province gave birth to the boy Saturday by cesarean section. It said delivery took just 20 minutes and both mother...

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  Stitches or staples fare equal after c-section

  Women who deliver by cesarean section (c-section) seem to have similar cosmetic results whether the wound is closed with stitches or staples.

• Risk factors for childbirth haemorrhage

  Older age of the mother and emergency and elective cesarean delivery increases the risk of severe haemorrhage during or following childbirth.