For decades, women have been told childbirth injuries are simply part of becoming a mother, as an accepted, invisible cost of labor and delivery. On this episode of Disruption Interruption Tracy ...

If you are a pregnant woman nearing your due date, you may be starting to think about continuous support for childbirth. Many expecting mothers choose people to provide them with continuous support ...

Childbirth is one of the most painful experiences many people go through in life. Pushing a baby out of your birth canal pushes your body to its physical limits. Labor and delivery can last hours or ...

Having a first child by cesarean delivery is linked to a reduced chance of having a second child and greater use of in vitro fertilization or other fertility treatments.

While pregnancy care has improved, support after childbirth still falls short. Experts say this "postpartum gap" is affecting ...

They’ve seen it all, but when it comes to what they’ll share with expecting moms, labor and delivery nurses are likely to stick to the basics. After all, they are there to do an important job — keep ...

Human birth is far more challenging than that of other primates. In 1960, anthropologist Sherwood Washburn proposed a widely accepted explanation for the tight squeeze a baby experiences passing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although maternal oxygen supplementation during labor and delivery is common to prevent hypoxia and acidemia in ...

Childbirth is an emotional and intense experience for most women. For some, it is deeply traumatic, and for a smaller subset, it can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding who is ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 3. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. In these days of global and political chaos, I am making a ...

Baptist Health is closing the labor and delivery unit and ending obstetric care at its Fort Smith hospital, leaving Arkansas with only 31 hospitals where women can give birth in less than a third of ...