Childbirth practices are shifting as more women actively participate in decisions about how they want to give birth (1 Trusted Source Midwife-led continuity models versus other models of care for ...
Experts say the surge in C-section rates is rooted in fear EMMA CUSDEN had always assumed she would give birth naturally. But once she became pregnant that calm assumption quickly unravelled. Please ...
The NHS has announced that, for the first time ever, more women in the UK are giving birth by C-section than by vaginal delivery. The increase has been ascribed by NHS England to women having babies ...
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C-sections have become the most common form of birth in England after overtaking 'natural' births for the first time. Some 45.1 per cent of women who gave birth in 2024/25 delivered their baby via ...
Before giving birth at just 23 weeks, a Tennessee mom was asked a heartbreaking question by doctors: "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Without hesitation, Lex Ramirez answered yes, and ...
A nearly 90-degree bend is significant. I emailed a few questions to Prof. Dr. Ahmed T. Hadidi of Germany’s Hypospadias Center, and he clarified that while “it is rather impossible to have traditional ...