Low-intervention natural childbirth is rising among low-risk pregnancies, with studies showing quicker recovery, fewer ...

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 ...

A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

In recent years, the conversation around childbirth has started to change. Many women today are asking questions, reading ...

Michel Odent, a French obstetrician whose natural childbirth innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, aimed to make new mothers feel calm and secure, died Aug. 19 in London.

Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. — -- A Minneapolis mom who wanted a natural birth was more than 13 hours into labor when she felt she wasn't going to make it ...

We are usually suspicious of pain-mongers. Think of the flinching reaction bringing up a "cutter" ensures. Sure, we are in awe of the guy who cut off his own arm to free himself from being trapped ...

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

Astrology aids childbirth timing and IVF success while providing karmic insights for tailored, empathetic parenting ...

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a Graduate Work-in-Progress lecture titled “Birthing Nature: Why One Childbirth Drug Was Natural and Another Was Not” Oct. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. in ...