As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Welcome, Owen Charles! This is our labor and delivery story of baby number two. It was an induction at almost 42 weeks due to ...

A new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham finds that patients who undergo unscheduled or unplanned cesarean deliveries are at substantially increased risk of experiencing acute psychological ...

CHASKA, Minn. — As if giving birth wasn't stressful enough. "It's the mom and the baby that run the show," Emily Birdsall, a mom of four, asserted to WCCO Investigates. "You want to have a birth when ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Within 6 weeks of delivery, readmission risk was higher after stillbirth vs. live birth. Mental health/substance ...

Urinary incontinence affects over 50% of women years after their first childbirth; cesarean delivery is less often linked to ...

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife-led birth centers, the nation’s C-section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health ...

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama's first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, wanted to improve access to maternal health care in a state that's long ...