"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 ...

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section. “You're carrying this ...

When Tara Martinez gave birth to her second child, she was able to watch the birth and have immediate skin-to-skin contact with her son, even though she had a cesarean section. “You're carrying this ...

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 ...

During her son’s birth via C-section in May, Jenna Jonaitis watched her baby come out of her body. She held him skin-to-skin afterward, then started breastfeeding right away. If this all sounds ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A woman is lying on an operating table. In ...

Even though the caesarean section is quite a common surgery in the UK (26.2% of births in the UK from 2013-2014 were by C-section) many women feel like the experience of having one doesn't align with ...

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 ...

The new method is called a gentle C-Section or skin-to-skin contact. The baby is placed directly on the mother's chest right after he or she is born. Updated: 9:26 AM CDT Nov 1, 2012 Gentle C-Sections ...