As women who have gone through childbirth know, labor contractions and the birth process are typically painful. But women have been giving birth for centuries without pain medication. There are ...

Giving birth is a life-changing experience for a woman. However, it often comes with feelings of anxiety, stress, and ...

A mom's candid 2-hour, post-birth reflections have captured the attention of TikTok users and racked up 1.2 million views. On March 2, Sammy Estrella, 34, welcomed her daughter Sky into the world in ...

‘The reality of childbirth and how it is portrayed are so wildly different that I can’t help but feel frustrated on behalf of my patients.’Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images/Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald A ...

The women leaning back in large loungechairs are enclosed from the chest down by a plastic balloon. To the casual observer, they look like a cross between customers at a beauty parlor and weight ...

This is what it looks like when growing three humans inside your body at the same time. Your internal organs would be under immense pressure, and you could experience painful swelling. And that’s ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - When I discovered I was expecting a baby during my posting to the Netherlands, I spent much of my pregnancy trying to work out how to avoid a traditional Dutch birth -- at home ...

Picture a roomful of men kneeling next to their supine and pregnant wives, blowing whistles in their wives faces, barking at them to breathe, even calling them maggot. We were coaches now, after all, ...