Pregnant women worry. They worry whether the baby is healthy; they worry if they’re eating right and avoiding everything that could possibly be harmful to the new life growing within. They also worry ...

For many expectant mothers, childbirth is one of the most significant experiences of their lives. While hospital deliveries ...

When finalising their birth plans, expectant parents are often faced with the question of whether they should opt for natural birth or C-section. Image credit: Aditya Romansa on Unsplash Every ...

More than a century of medical progress designed to make childbirth a “more comfortable and happy event” is being slighted in the current craze for “natural childbirth,” says a team of four Baltimore ...

Making informed decisions about childbirth represents one of the most significant choices expectant parents face. While both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections safely bring babies into the world ...

A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth. Unlike midwives or obstetricians, ...

Planning for labor and delivery means thinking through your options – and for some moms-to-be, that includes going medication-free. "If your goal is a medication-free delivery, that is absolutely ...

We are usually suspicious of pain-mongers. Think of the flinching reaction bringing up a "cutter" ensures. Sure, we are in awe of the guy who cut off his own arm to free himself from being trapped ...

Clare McCormack is in the New York University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Study Center, New York City, New York 10016, USA. Moriah Thomason is in the New York University ...