"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During her son’s birth via C-section in May, Jenna Jonaitis watched her baby come out of her body. She ...

A gentle C-section, as the reinvented technique is sometimes called, is as safe as the traditional form, said Dr. Felicity Plaat, who presented the research and works as a consultant anesthetist at ...

One mom called the "gentle" C-section experience "amazing." — -- When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with ...

(CNN) – Monique was unable to have a natural birth for medical reasons, but she was able to experience what some say might be the next best thing, “the gentle c”. “It is a surgical procedure which ...

"Opposed to it being a surgery. It was a birth," Alrahbi said. That's because Alrahbi had what's called a Gentle Cesarean section. Doula Jessica Fuss described a typical Cesarean birth. "They're taken ...

Q. What is a "gentle C-section"? A. The term was popularized by doctors at the Center for Labor and Birth at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who wanted to make the C-section experience more ...

There are many reasons women need cesareans. Sometimes the situation is truly life-threatening. But often the problem is that labor simply isn't progressing. That was the case for Valerie Echo Duckett ...

This is how many moms are able to watch their babies be born via c-section — without seeing the incision Being unable to witness the birth of a baby with one’s own eyes due to undergoing a cesarean ...

A woman is lying on an operating table. In front of her is a big curtain, usually blue, that separates her from the surgical field: her own pregnant belly. Beside her, near her head, her partner is ...