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 ...

The Midwife and More at Los Robles Hospital Labor and Delivery. "We've been waiting months for this moment, and it's finally here," said Cannon. "It is an honor to bring midwifery into a hospital ...

Doulas are not medically trained to deliver babies, but researchers have found that the support doulas provide can improve birthing outcomes.

There’s no getting around it: Having a baby is stressful. There are numerous choices and factors expectant parents need to weigh before a baby even arrives. One of the most important: Who do I want to ...

Questions of profound transformation during early motherhood – including changes in mind, body and sense of self – were the ...

Braxton Hicks contractions, or false labor, happen as a natural part of pregnancy. Here's how to identify them and tell them ...

MORE EFFECTIVE. MIKE AND BRITTANY, GOOD MORNING. WE’RE HERE IN LODI WHERE OFFICIALS HERE AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAY THIS IS ALL 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING. THEY SAY NOW, WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED ON THE ...

Clearwater would be the first autism certified city in Florida and the second in the country. About two dozen businesses and entities throughout the city of Clearwater need to take the training to get ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

A woman in a difficult labour had no pain relief, likely for hours, because her epidural line had come out and no one noticed ...

The report of a 33-year-old missing from St. Paul seemed just that at first — until an investigator saw surveillance video from outside her apartment. Laurie Finnegan, then a St. Paul police sergeant, ...