Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

Dr. Heather Skanes opened Alabama’s first freestanding birth center in 2022 in her hometown of Birmingham. Skanes, an OB-GYN, ...

MercyOne Birth Centers helped add over 8,500 new residents to Iowa and Illinois in 2025. The Birth Centers welcomed 8,592 babies into the world in 2025, including more than 4,321 girls, 4,271 boys and ...

U.K. mom of four Jaymie told Newsweek: "Theo is autistic, and dealt with everything going on that night so calmly." ...

When contractions started in the middle of an ordinary day in Wisconsin, a math teacher expecting a routine hospital delivery ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

Materna Medical's Ellora Obstetrical System is designed to address a critical unmet need in labor and delivery--reducing pelvic floor injuries during vaginal birth. These injuries, often involving ...

Janell Green Smith, 31, was determined to reduce racial disparities in maternal health care. Her family hopes her legacy will ...

A 21-year-old woman delivered her baby inside a car at VPS Lakeshore Hospital's entrance due to advanced labor. Doctors, led ...

My daughter arrived on August 5, 2025, after a whirlwind and terrifying birth experience: 35 hours of labor, preeclampsia, ...

If you've heard or come across the term free birth, or unassisted birth, in parenting communities recently, you might be ...