C-Section

What’s it like to have a c-section, and how should you prepare if you do (or don’t) want one? Motherly is here to support you with expert resources and personal essays.

Birth

Why I don’t want to call my C-Section a ‘Belly Birth’

C-Section

Your guide to C-section recovery: Timeline, tips and what to expect as you heal

Birth

Why ‘belly birth’ is the new way to describe C-sections

C-Section

Birth

Why I don’t want to call my C-Section a ‘Belly Birth’

C-Section

Your guide to C-section recovery: Timeline, tips and what to expect as you heal

Birth

Why ‘belly birth’ is the new way to describe C-sections

Women's Health

VBAC or C-section? What the science says

C-Section

My C-section scar is evidence that pain can fade

C-Section

The effects of C-sections last long after baby is born, new study finds

C-Section

A new way to give birth: the gentle C-section with clear drapes

Real Feeding Stories from Real Mamas

Breastfeeding after C-section? How one mama’s experience turned empowering

C-Section

10 C-section myths we’d like to clear up right now

C-Section

How I’m learning to love my body again after an emergency C-section

Pregnancy

Yelp just made it easier to find C-section rates by hospital

Pregnancy

Wondering how to avoid a c-section? New study says to get moving during pregnancy

C-Section

8 things to do now to prepare for your C-section

Birth

Yes, I loved my C-sections

C-Section

15 C-section baby photos that show the beauty and joy of C-section births