There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

Baby Ryu Lopez is being called a miracle after his mom, Suze, discovered she was pregnant just days before giving birth—while preparing for surgery to remove a massive cyst.

In the past month alone, unusual births have made headlines across the country: a baby girl nicknamed “Little Buc-ee” arrived ...

An expecting mother gave birth in a Waymo this week on the way to a San Francisco hospital in a rare, but not unprecedented, ...

Emily Boazman's video went viral on TikTok after she lost so much amniotic fluid that her pregnant belly appeared to deflate ...

A San Fransisco woman gave birth in one of Waymo's fully autonomous driving cars on Monday, Dec. 8. The company said Rider ...

As hospitals adopt more favorable policies and states expand insurance coverage for doula services, doulas are becoming part of the mainstream U.S. maternal health system. But there are still ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A coalition of Black women-led organizations announced the launch of the Alabama Birth Equity Initiative, a statewide effort aimed at addressing the state’s maternal health crisis ...

Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities ...

The word 'midwife' dates back to Middle English, but the role of midwifery extends to modern day. The term midwife originally referred to a woman who was "with" another woman giving birth, but ...

Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities ...

David Hackney, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine physician at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, noted that for many ...