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 ...

When you hear the word “labor,” you may think about lying in a hospital bed, having contractions. But the thing is, lying down may be the last thing you feel like doing when you’re birthing a baby.

Neel Shah receives funding from the Yellow Chair Foundation, Hillman Foundation, Rx Foundation, Merck for Mothers, and the Peterson Center on Healthcare. A few years ago I visited Dar a Luz, the only ...

Colquitt Regional Health System announces that it is the first hospital in Georgia to offer the Vibwife Birth Platform.

(WFLA/WMAQ) – A future attorney went in to labor and gave birth this week… all while continuing her bar exam. Loyola University’s Brianna Hill was scheduled to take her bar exam in July, but ...

A dedicated worker made sure she let her boss know that she was aware of some unsent emails — despite the fact that she was just hours away from becoming a mother. The woman sent a hilarious video to ...

A Middlesex County woman alleges she was shackled to a hospital bed during her labor, which required an epidural and a C-section, by correctional officers — a practice long condemned by medical ...

Within the swaths of maternity care deserts across the Southwest are some alternative birthing options — like through a midwife, and not in a hospital. With drastic cuts to healthcare across the ...