A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only free-standing birth center in New Mexico. It looks nothing like the towering urban hospitals I have spent my career working in. Nestled into a valley at ...

Childbirth can be a special time that you want to remember, and for some, it's important to have photos of the moment your baby enters the world. But for one woman, asking her sister to record labor ...

Early in pregnancy, Molly Ercole already had an idea of what she wanted for her childbirth. "I didn't want to see a different doctor at every appointment," says Ercole, a non-profit ...

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Ah, the miracle of childbirth. We’ve all seen pregnancy, labor, and childbirth depicted countless times in television and movies… and if you believed every movie/TV depiction of childbirth, you’d ...

LEVITTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Having a baby is a major milestone for many women. But managing the labor pain can be a big hurdle in itself. "Since it was my first baby, I really didn't know what ...

Birth isn't just one thing. It's messy, painful, and often joyful. For many people, pregnancy and birth is an inherently risky, socio-political endeavor — and it can't be removed from the culture and ...

There's a wealth of information to help you maintain a healthy pregnancy, but the act of childbirth itself can seem a bit mysterious to many first-time moms-to-be — even if you've read up on all the ...

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

Labor or childbirth can be described as a fetus and placenta delivered from the uterus via the vagina. Having a successful labor can be dependent on three factors, including maternal effort and ...

You may have a lot of preconceived notions about hypnosis, but don’t worry, hypnosis during pregnancy won’t make you lose control or think you’re someone else. Hypnosis is really about harnessing the ...

New parents who receive attentive, supportive nursing care during labor and immediately after childbirth are more likely to exclusively breastfeed their newborn when leaving the hospital, finds a ...