Minutes after giving birth Brandy Grob of Wright City holds her newborn daughter Delilah Kimber Jensen as the midwife prepares for her fiance to cut the umbilical cord on Tuesday, July 16, 2014, at ...

Pregnancy is a time of great joy and happiness. You look forward to welcoming your little bundle of joy in the best possible way. But it has its own set of challenges, as it also brings a time fraught ...

Water birth – in which a woman spends some or all of labour and delivery in a warm water pool – has become more popular as a gentler form of birthing. While its proponents claim it helps provide ...

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 ...

A group of pregnant women are planning to gather in protest at DeKalb Medical Center’s North Decatur (Ga.) campus on Aug. 26 due to the hospital’s decision to temporarily suspend the practice of water ...

Prenatal exposure to arsenic in the public water supply was tied to some adverse birth outcomes. Public drinking water is a major source of inorganic arsenic exposure. Authors suggest the ...