childbirth

Home birth advocates call for 'choice not fear,' stressing there are also risks to hospital births, as concerns around 'medicalisation' of maternity fuel rise.

How do women who have given birth in both a hospital and a homebirth setting perceive their experiences ...

Commentary In 2023, after the Beijing government announced its population reduction for the first time in history, it ...

We tend to think of pregnancy as lasting for 9 months. But ideally, it should last for nearly ...

A birth center to be staffed by midwives is suing Georgia in federal court for unconstitutionally denying it ...

Childbirth can bring a world of surprises, but there’s one shock an Orange County congresswoman wants to help ...

A "living miracle" baby who suffered brain injury while his mother died during childbirth in Florida will be ...

A distraught Victorian mother has revealed the anguish of hopelessly watching her teenage daughter die while giving birth. ...

A 13-year-old Baker, Lousiana, girl secretly gave birth to a baby and left the child on the porch ...

Natural childbirth, also known as un-medicated birth, has many hidden benefits that more women of childbearing age should ...

A 42-year-old grandmother gave birth to her 20th child this week in Israel. It was a baby boy. ...

Are women and newborn babies being denied basic human rights in hospitals in the United States? Legal advocates ...

A detailed, itemized medical bill of a Caesarean section delivery for one family highlights the miscellaneous cost of ...

An Indian woman has given birth to a 15-pound baby girl, which doctors say could be the heaviest ...

Actress and first-time mother Anne Hathaway made an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," eight weeks after giving birth ...

Earlier this month, a Massachusetts man of Milford lost his wife, newborn daughter and sister within days of ...

A mother in Iowa is accused of attempting to flush her newborn baby down the toilet after she ...

A 72-year-old Indian woman has reportedly given birth to a healthy child. The Guardian reported that Daljinder Kaur, ...

One child will always have a unique connection to one airline.  On April 22, a female passenger of Jetstar ...

A brain-dead Polish woman gives birth to a baby boy—55 days after her death. The premature baby showed ...

Kim's husband was speeding, trying to get her to the hospital before she went into labor. They soon ...

These kids made history in 1997.  Back then, Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey became the parents of the first set ...