C-section
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VUMC study shows cesarean patients sent home from hospital with more narcotic pain medications than needed
Most women who undergo a cesarean childbirth are prescribed more opioid (narcotic) pain medications than needed upon release from the hospital, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study shows. Read MoreJun 13, 2017
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Initiative makes cesarean births a family affair
Robert and Michele McClellan expected the experience of their infant son’s birth via cesarean section to be like that of other women who had had the procedure — unable to witness their son’s exit from the womb and for him to be immediately whisked away. Read MoreAug 22, 2013