In theory, birth decisions are deeply personal. In practice, parents are often asked to explain, defend, or justify them.

They're called low-intervention birthing rooms, and Willowbrook Methodist opened them a few years ago as a test—a way to ...

No one goes into labor 100% fully prepared for what’s going to happen, but here are some things that may help leading up to the big day.

In the past month alone, unusual births have made headlines across the country: a baby girl nicknamed “Little Buc-ee” arrived ...

Emily Boazman just thought she was having a large baby. But when she started losing "buckets" of amniotic fluid, she realized something was different. Boazman speaks to PEOPLE about her viral video ...

With the closing of Bryn Mawr’s Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center, women have lost an important maternity option.

A Detroit teen's shocking revelation about a newborn on her porch unfolds a story of fear and hidden challenges after giving birth.

Yes. Nitrous oxide is safe for both you and your baby. It has been used worldwide for decades and does not slow labor or ...

The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical assistance; in the most extreme versions, they ...

Analysis from FAIR Health in 2024 found that the national median hospital charge for a vaginal delivery in the U.S. was just over $31,000, while a C-section had a median charge of around $44,400, for ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...