Right now, your chances of delivering twins vaginally are 50-50 (which means that your chances of having a C-section are also ...

Innocent Wangila of MSI said some health service providers also rely on the internet to provide family planning solutions Male gatekeeping, cultural or religious norms have also restricted women's ...

Financial and social incentives can nudge doctors away from the operating room. By Sarah Kliff and Bianca Pallaro Sarah Kliff reported from Rochester, N.Y. Bianca Pallaro analyzed historical C-section ...

C-sections can be lifesaving, but sometimes the procedure can be overused. Data helped show how a hospital decreased its rates of the operation in healthy first-time mothers. By Sarah Kliff Times ...

Summer Niles, of Washington, underwent tubal ligation surgery when she was 23, after giving birth to two children. She soon noticed her periods were becoming heavier and more painful than before. She ...

Tubal ligation — the procedure that blocks eggs from traveling through the fallopian tubes — is an extremely effective way to lower one's chances of pregnancy to almost zero. Here's how it works. When ...

The company analyzed data across 47 states, evaluating six critical maternity care metrics: NTSV C-section (first-time mothers at full term, with child in correct position) rates, number of hospitals ...

But you might pay nothing or only a small amount, depending on your health insurance. That's because most health insurance plans are required to cover at least one type of female sterilization surgery ...