A new systematic review compared regional and general anesthesia in women undergoing Caesarean section and their respective effects on mom and baby and found little significant difference in major ...

Use of general anesthesia for cesarean deliveries was linked to an increased risk for suicidality and hospitalization for postpartum depression, as per a new study underscoring the need for mental ...

Women who had general anesthesia during C-sections were also older, and more often non-white and on Medicaid or Medicare, compared to those who had regional anesthesia, the study said.

Don't worry – the only thing being removed from your body during a typical C-section is your baby.

And prior to the 1980s, use of general anesthesia during C-section was pretty typical, Jamie Murphy, MD, chief of the obstetric, gynecologic, and fetal anesthesiology division at Johns Hopkins ...

Experts explain why pain during C-section occurs for some people, even despite receiving the standard anesthesia, and what can be done to resolve this issue.

When Rachel Somerstein had an emergency C-section with her first child, the anesthesia didn't work. She recounts her own experience and the history of C-sections in her book, Invisible Labor.