C-section
Why are some hospitals more likely to perform C-sections?
Julia Belluz looks at the challenges of ‘unwarranted variation’
Women don’t have to push so much
Dr. Aaron Caughey on labour and how epidurals changed childbirth
As rate of C-sections rises, so do known risks
In the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine researchers reveal that women who have multiple C-sections at term but before reaching 39 weeks gestation have double the chance of having a baby with serious complications.