As a birth photographer, I’m asked to capture some of the most important stories of a family’s life. I step into their birthing space and document the small and big moments that unfold. I tell the ...

When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories. Owen, Oct. 17, 2014; 12 seconds old.Credit...Artwork by Christian Berthelot ...

Is your baby in an awkward position? Is your labor not progressing? Do you have other health concerns? In any of these situations, you might need a cesarean delivery — commonly known as a cesarean ...

Every day, roughly 10,000 babies are born in the United States, and about a third of them are born via Cesarean section. This share has gone up significantly over time, and many in the scientific ...

She sits before me in tears, a positive pregnancy test on the counter in front of us. It’s not that my patient doesn’t want a fourth child. But she is haunted by memories of her third cesarean section ...

Many expecting parents who consider a possible cesarean delivery — also known as a C-section — have concerns about how it might affect their ability to breastfeed. This is totally understandable. Will ...

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 ...

As a New York State Assemblymember, my roles as a mother and grandmother have greatly impacted my tenure in the Legislature. My three “babies” are now having babies of their own. So, when I think ...