Registered nurse and mom of two Jen Hamilton suspects some hospitals will be furious that she's sharing this information.

A new study by researchers at Mass General Brigham finds that patients who undergo unscheduled or unplanned cesarean ...

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — When Northfield Hospital renovated its Birth Center in 2020, it increased its capacity to handle as many as 750 births a year. It could reach that number soon. Lisa Bauer, vice ...

Urinary incontinence affects over 50% of women years after their first childbirth; cesarean delivery is less often linked to ...

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

As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Childbirth can be a special time that you want to remember, and for some, it's important to have photos of the moment your baby enters the world. But for one woman, asking her sister to record labor ...

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 ...

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife and Black maternal health advocate, has died. On Friday, Jan. 2, Smith, a South ...

September 29, 2011 — A report on delivery outcomes comparing women with fear of childbirth with those who are not afraid suggests that the fear of childbirth can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, ...

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