Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

If you're nervous about childbirth, you're not alone. These tips can help you feel calmer about going into labor.

The birth of a child is often a moment of joy and celebration, but for some families, it can also be a time of unexpected challenges. Newborn birthing injuries, although relatively rare, can occur ...

Natural birthing is not about avoiding medicine but about using it wisely. For women with low-risk pregnancies, a ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

On Friday, Jan. 2, Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina-based midwife, died due to childbirth complications during the ...

Japan, already a world leader in pro-natal policy, must dramatically boost child allowances to make a difference, an analyst ...

Gavin Fraser is a graduate research assistant at Boston University School of Social Work. I dreamed of having children from a young age — so much so that I assumed I had to be a cisgender woman.

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Labor and delivery services will soon return to south Louisville for the first time in nearly 50 years. City, state, and hospital leaders marked a milestone in project at ...