Regional anesthesia—typically with a spinal or epidural block—has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to concerns about the effects that general anesthesia may have on newborns during ...

A California mom who welcomed a baby girl in November is suing her doctor and the hospital she gave birth in after she claims she underwent an emergency caesarian section without anesthesia. According ...

(CNN) -- Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe postpartum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to anesthesia during cesarean section delivery (C-section) doesn't increase a child's risk of learning disabilities down the road, according to a new report in the ...

Delfina Mota, 26, says she was given no anesthesia and could feel doctors cut her open in an emergency C-section last fall A California couple is suing an Oceanside hospital, claiming doctors ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A San Diego federal judge has ruled against a North County woman who claimed she was given a caesarean section without anesthesia at an Oceanside hospital four years ago. In 2018, ...

A California mom who is suing her hospital for allegedly performing an anesthesia-free C-section says she was terrified when doctors sliced her open during the emergency procedure. “I was crying ...

A cesarean section or C-section is an abdominal surgery that is performed to deliver a baby via an incision made in the abdomen and womb. Sometimes this is the safest option in cases where a normal ...

Women who receive general anesthesia during a cesarean section delivery are at higher risk of severe postpartum depression that requires hospitalization, as well as self-inflicted harm and suicidal ...

When a woman needed an emergency caesarean-section at an Oceanside hospital last year, the anesthesiologist could not be quickly found — so the surgery was done without anesthesia, according to the ...