Human birth has a reputation for danger. The usual explanation is simple enough: walking upright narrowed the pelvis, while ...

In honor of Mother’s Day, we asked the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers for photos of moms ...

“The life we have now wouldn’t be possible without the hospital and the people working there,” said Ashley Dunn, an ECU ...

More than half of rural hospitals and more than one-third of urban hospitals did not offer labor and delivery services in ...

The closure of labor and delivery services at Providence comes as similar shutdowns at rural hospitals across Alabama raise ...

Newark-Wayne Community Hospital will begin the state approval process to close its inpatient labor and delivery, newborn ...

As labor and delivery cuts and closures become more frequent across the country, two more hospitals — one in New York and one in Alabama — have shared plans to shutter their services. Rochester (N.Y.) ...

If you are a pregnant woman nearing your due date, you may be starting to think about continuous support for childbirth. Many expecting mothers choose people to provide them with continuous support ...

Nurses, staff push to protect women’s services and NICU at Henderson Hospital ...

Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large ...