A person may choose to give birth naturally, without pain management medication, or with an epidural to block sensations of pain in the lower body. Each birthing option has its potential risks and ...

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 ...

From start (when to conceive) to finish (how to deliver), pregnancy is full of personal choices. No matter how you deliver — unmedicated, with an epidural, via an induction, or by C-section — you ...

Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. Kate McGovern, a nurse educator and midwife at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., demonstrates the equipment that delivers ...

The moment you find out you’re pregnant, the questions start flooding in. One of the biggest decisions you’ll face is how you want to deliver your baby. With C-section rates climbing and natural birth ...

MESA, Arizona — Noelle Zmrzel went to the Willow Center for Birth and Wellness to deliver her son James on November 9, 2023. She was 42 weeks pregnant, according to Mesa fire department records ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Local doulas, who help expecting parents give birth, claim the only alternative birthing center in Rhode Island is sometimes unavailable. However, a spokesperson for Women & ...

The death of a young mother and her baby who died after choosing a home birth shows us a system that is failing mothers like ...