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, ...

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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 ...

Pressure on women from antenatal classes, social media and health care professionals to have a natural birth is causing lasting psychological harm when it does not go to plan, new research shows. The ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

A 32-year-old woman in Tamil Nadu died after a YouTube-guided home birth. Dr Preeti Rastogi called it a tragic reminder that childbirth isn’t a DIY project.

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The Natural Birth House is a midwife maternity care facility that strives to provide top tier care that is individualized to each specific pregnancy. Statistics show that women ...