An executive for the Real Housewives franchise died on Monday, June 9, 2025. Lauren Miller passed away moments after she gave birth to her second child according to an announcement. Indeed, childbirth ...

Analysis from FAIR Health in 2024 found that the national median hospital charge for a vaginal delivery in the U.S. was just ...

Experts advise making a plan for labor and delivery, despite Mother Nature making the final call. KAMPUS - stock.adobe.com While Mother Nature is most definitely in charge when it comes to how your ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

This is the sixth post in a series. In the book Matrescence: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood, Lucy Jones talks about the shocking lack of information available to women regarding what childbirth ...

Midwifery care is on the rise in the United States, but it’s still during a time when Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than their white counterparts, ...

Instantly, the second-guessing began. Yes, I had given birth three times, but I had no medical experience. What if I got squeamish and was more of a bother than a help? Could I be a reassuring ...

Though it responds to a justified distrust of the medical establishment among women, it also subtly partakes of an insidious mythology. Pregnant women are everywhere, but in a way it’s hard to see ...

A mom issued a straightforward message for anyone who is asking to be present in the delivery room as a woman gives birth. In a TikTok video, a woman named Maddie insisted that it's not a woman's ...

Having a birth companion in the labour room offers more than just emotional support. It is a crucial step toward achieving respectful, safe, and positive childbirth experiences. This article looks at ...