Researchers discovered that early puberty or childbirth doubles women’s risk for major diseases and accelerates aging, while ...

The inherent risks of childbirth make it reasonable for lawmakers to impose safety regulations, a three-judge panel found.

Women who give birth before the age of 21 are twice as likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart failure, and obesity, a ...

Study finds pregnant women often doubt their ability to use labor techniques. Mental well-being, not knowledge, is key to reducing childbirth fear.

Some women however, say labor and childbirth doesn’t have to be this way and the experience can be pleasurable— even orgasmic. When Kenya Stevens, of Asheville, North Carolina, went into labor ...

Midwives have been left buzzing after they found using honey was helping mothers to recover after childbirth. Women at ...

Sometimes life has a way of putting us exactly where we’re needed most. For one Chattanooga, Tennessee Fire Department ...

Some new Pennsylvania parents pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for pregnancy and childbirth care. When they can’t afford these costs, the resulting debt affects their finances and health.

The average out-of-pocket costs of childbirth among women with employer health insurance increased 49%, from $3,069 to $4,569 from 2008 to 2015.

Not surprisingly, it elicited a giant eye-roll from bloggers. “Something about applying the term PTSD to childbirth irks me,” said Hannah Tennant-Moore, a blogger for Babble’s Strollerderby.