Birth Injuries

In Preventing Birth Injuries, is Cesarean or Vaginal Birth Better?

Recently, a committee of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reviewed the available research on the risks and benefits of cesarean-section births performed purely at the request of the mother. Overall, the group determined that more women experience fewer complications from vaginal birth, and the group recommended that doctors strongly encourage mothers to choose that option. The evidence...