The danger of preterm labor is that it will lead to the birth of a baby that has not fully developed, and therefore has a high risk of complications. About 10% of all pregnancies result in ...

Gerber had always planned for a home birth for her second child. However, the rapid progression of her labor led to an unplanned scenario, with her midwife arriving 20 minutes after the baby was born.

Birdsall is among a growing population of women who are foregoing the traditional labor and delivery unit in a hospital and are instead giving birth in centers run by midwives. Birdsall's youngest ...

Brittany Sharpe McCollum, childbirth educator and founder of Blossoming Bellies Wholistic Birth Services, shares her tips for an empowering labor and delivery. I want to make a birth plan.

people giving birth can’t count on their closest hospital having the specialized health care they need. Researchers tallied losses and gains of labor and delivery units at close to 5,000 U.S ...

You're feeling ready for birth—but then things start to get real. The hospital is discussing induction of labor, or maybe you went into spontaneous labor—but they tell you they need to monitor ...

She went home that evening and unexpectedly went into labor around midnight – eight days shy of her due date. She gave birth to Samuel Quarberg on April 10, 2019. That gave Cindy an idea.

My addiction to Instagram hasn't just given me anxiety about my coming labor — it also has me relitigating my first experience giving birth. Anyone not tethered to social media would conclude ...