For centuries, childbirth’s pain was explained as punishment; more recently, as the evolutionary price of walking upright and ...

Clarksville NowClarksville Midwifery and Birth Center at 225 Dunbar Cave Road, Suite B. (Katie Mason, Contributed) CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Clarksville has its first natural childbirth ...

We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to curb contraception. The Department of Health and Human ...

The mother of a baby that died a week after a natural home birth was not made aware of the risks by her local NHS Trust, an inquest has heard. Poppy Home Lomas was just seven days old when she died at ...

Holding hands at their newborn daughter’s inquest, Gemma and Jason Lomas finally got answers after a three-year wait. Poppy Hope died seven days after she was born in what a coroner this week ruled ...

Childbirth is often framed as a choice between two extremes: “natural” birth or medical intervention. The real challenge is making sure women can decide how they give birth, without pressure in either ...

The female pelvis may become too narrow for vaginal childbirth, meaning that caesareans could become the only option for delivering babies. At least, that’s the claim made by a research team last year ...

The company behind the controversial app launched a wristband that tracks your temperature, heart rate, and movement while you sleep. The company behind the controversial app launched a wristband that ...

The Free Birth Society advised pregnant women to avoid doctors and midwives, with deadly consequences. The bigger tragedy is the brutal system the women were so desperate to flee. Jennifer Block is an ...

At Houston Methodist Willowbrook, two labor-and-delivery rooms stand out from the rest. The spaces look more like calm, spa-like suites than hospital units—dimmable lights, soft wood tones, a laboring ...