Separating infants and their mothers after a Caesarean section delivery is common. A new study published in Acta Paediatrica has found that providing skin-to-skin contact with the father may provide ...

It was widely accepted that putting the newborn baby on the mother’s chest promotes skin-to-skin contact and bonding between the two who share the common experience of birth, and enhances the chances ...

Until now, one of the barriers of having a C-section was the inability for new mums to bond with their babies through immediate skin to skin contact. Thanks to three labour and delivery nurses in the ...

About one-third of births in the United States each year are by cesarean section, and often those moms don’t get to have immediate skin-to-skin contact with their babies. That didn’t seem fair to ...

If you’re a new or expecting parent, you’ve probably come across the phrase “skin-to-skin” a few times as you read up on all things parenting. Also referred to as SSC, skin-to-skin is an important ...

Shelby Martin, a Tennessee-based mom, had her birth plan meticulously mapped out — but life had other plans in store for her.

Almost one-third of births in the U.S. are delivered by cesarean section — or C-section. Surgical births are performed in the hospital, with a medical team present. Gentle C-sections allow you more ...

A woman broke hospital records by giving birth to a 13-pound baby and she's unveiled the truth about the delivery involved.

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 ...

DENVER - The birth of their baby was supposed to be a joyous occasion for these new parents, but it quickly turned into an upsetting situation a Denver couple's newborn daughter's face was cut during ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver family is seeking help after they went into an emergency cesarean section and their baby came out with a cut across her face. “It’s upsetting; she’s not comfortable,” said the ...