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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.

This is birth: A C-section story

This is birth: A C-section story

“On the day that our son was born via C-section, I witnessed…

mother giving birth via gentle c-section in the operating room

What is a ‘gentle’ C-section?

The C-section procedure itself stays the same, but the mood is different.

playdough c-section viral video

Mom creates realistic playdough C-section for her son

Videos of the 'surgeries' performed by the mother-son team are going viral.

mom with baby on chest has unplanned c-section

My birth story: What my unplanned C-section taught me about motherhood

When I look back now I can see the story more clearly, not just the fear and disappointment—but the joy.

mom delivering baby by scheduled second C-section

My birth story: A scheduled second C-section

Although I didn't push, I gave birth just the same. It diminished nothing about the moment of becoming a mother again.

barbra and son - unplanned c-section

Barbra on feeling robbed and depressed after needing a C-section

"New moms are at once the strongest people you will ever meet and the weakest. They are at once warriors and defeated soldiers."

woman recovering from a c section

Recovering from my C-section was harder than I imagined

Why was I in so much pain? Am I weaker than all of these other women? How did they make it through this? Why is this so difficult for me?

unexpected c-section picture

I had an unexpected C-section and these pictures tell my story

One mama tells us how she coped when her birth didn’t go as planned.

c-section scar

My C-section scar makes me feel like a warrior

This scar represents my own grit. My own tenacity. My own stubbornness. Things I now pass down to my daughter.

mom holding newborn baby in a hospital bed and thinking about c-section recovery

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

A C-section is major surgery, mama. Here’s what to know to take care of yourself during those first few months.

Cute baby born by belly birth

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

Advocates for the term say removing surgical language from the birth experience also removes an unnecessary stigma.

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