Advocating for yourself during childbirth can feel challenging. However, creating a birth plan, choosing a birth advocacy partner, and learning how to make informed decisions can help ensure you feel ...

Cindy Preisel, pregnant with her third baby, decided to venture out on a shrimp boat. While in open waters, she experienced contractions that only kept increasing. She was going into labor. With no ...

The author and her daughter Kessler's first selfie together on the day she was born. Even as a first-time mother, I thought I understood childbirth. I’d spent my pregnancy preparing for every ...

A pregnant politician was in active labor while giving a speech at a convention. A state politician is bringing attention to the difficulties facing expectant mothers as she went into labor during an ...

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 ...

A mother who died after giving birth to her daughter at home should have been informed of the risks, her grieving husband ...

Sarah Dunant gave birth to her two children in 1987 and 1990, and her experience informed her portrayal of childbirth in her ...

Birth centers are disappearing in California. A newly-signed law expands support for labor and delivery services to address ...

Streamer Fandy made Twitch history this week by being the first person to livestream their birth on the app. On Tuesday (Oct.

After birth, your vagina might feel wider, you may have some scar tissue, and your orgasms might not be as intense — here's how to deal with it.