WASHINGTON (AP) – Sharing bacteria in the operating room normally is a no-no but in a novel experiment, researchers are giving babies born by C-section a dose of presumably protective germs from mom’s ...

After nine months spent as a growing life in someone else’s body, the second a baby is born, they begin growing life in their own body: colonies of tiny bacterial cells ready to begin populating a ...

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and ...

New research finds there are significant differences between babies born by cesarean and babies born vaginally when it comes to a newborn's microbiome -- the bacteria that colonize our gut and play a ...

In monthly meetings, Ms. Culver made doctors aware of their C-section rates compared with their peers’. She also hung “first ...

Fair warning: this story is going to have some interesting new ideas that many will find disgusting — but that’s often par for the course with parenting. A new scientific study showed that giving ...

C-section babies are more likely to not respond to a single dose of measles vaccine About 12% of C-section babies mount no immune response from the vaccine, compared with 5% of babies born vaginally A ...

General anesthesia appears to be safe for both mother and baby during a C-section, researchers recently reported in the ...

Every pregnancy journey and the birth experience are unique. You may plan for a normal delivery, but it can change to a ...

Breastfeeding creates a unique bond between the mother and her baby. However, it's not without challenges like latching issues, discomfort, or concerns about milk supply. Right support and awareness ...