Giving birth is a life-changing experience for a woman. However, it often comes with feelings of anxiety, stress, and physical discomfort. In recent years, water birth has become a popular and ...

Patients in labor are usually limited to clear liquids, but runners may have found a workaround to stay energized.

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 ...

People don’t believe it when I mention how much I loved labor and delivery. They think I’m talking about my career as a nurse-midwife helping others, not my own experiences. They’re partially right—I ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

More insurers are offering doula coverage as new moms seek out professionals who provide prenatal planning, comfort during labor, and postpartum support.

Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil expected her ...

The podcaster is currently pregnant with her fourth baby with husband Jason Kelce Kylie Kelce is almost ready to welcome her newest little one – and she's getting mentally and emotionally prepared to ...