A shot of vitamin K has been given to infants at birth in the US since the 1960s. More parents are turning it down, found a ...

The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical assistance; in the most extreme versions, they ...

The birth of a child is often a moment of joy and celebration, but for some families, it can also be a time of unexpected challenges. Newborn birthing injuries, although relatively rare, can occur ...

Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

With the closing of Bryn Mawr’s Lifecycle Wellness and Birth Center, women have lost an important maternity option.

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 ...

Gavin Fraser is a graduate research assistant at Boston University School of Social Work. I dreamed of having children from a young age — so much so that I assumed I had to be a cisgender woman.

A lotus birth involves umbilical nonseverance, which is the practice of keeping the umbilical cord and placenta intact after a baby is born and letting it naturally separate from the baby rather than ...

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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 ...