Gentle movement, such as walking or bouncing on a birth ball, can position the baby and encourage contractions. Having sex and acupuncture can also help stimulate labor.

A normal pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks after the ... We don't completely understand why some women go into labor or break their bag of water too early. We are often unable to accurately predict ...

For some women, it's a clue that baby day could be coming up soon. "Lightening" is the feeling that your baby has dropped lower into your pelvis. It means labor isn ... they won't go away if ...

Stripping membranes, sometimes called membrane sweeping, is a method used to try to start labor ... is done to prevent a woman from going past 42 weeks of pregnancy. If you are pregnant after ...

In a 2019 study by the University of Granada, 140 women aged 21 to 43 were divided into two ... during pregnancy has been shown to provide multiple benefits, including making labor and delivery ...

In these cases, doctors may induce (or force) the mother to go into labor—even though this ... about the “biological clock,” many women deliver healthy babies at age 35 and beyond. If you're planning ...