Caesarean sections, while life-saving, are major surgeries, not minor ones, and recovery is faster than often believed.

It’s normal to wonder what really happens during a C-section delivery. Some people even worry that organs might “come out,” which sounds frightening but isn’t true. A C-section is a carefully planned ...

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 ...