Gather a group of new parents and the conversation will likely turn to their childbirth stories – ranging from the joyful to the gnarly to the positively traumatic. Birth story podcasts and websites ...

Hannah Gill’s first experience with childbirth was anything but planned. Going with the flow like a lot of first-time moms, Gill listened to her doctor and planned a traditional hospital birth.

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers explored mothers' childbirth and postnatal experiences, perceptions of their baby's early behavioral style, and whether they saw these ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Mariella Kennedy, RN loves her job as a labor and delivery nurse in Stormont Vail’s Birthplace. “I’m very passionate about my patients and their babies,” she said. Kennedy and ...

The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ2) was used to investigate how medical interventions influence the individual birth experience. The overall experience was rated positively. In a recent ...

A comparison of the results of the analysis of the adolescent birth stories and the results typically found within the literature for positive birth experiences is presented in Table 4. The following ...

Nearly 9 months after Jack Blues Bieber was born, his mom Hailey Bieber is opening up about her harrowing childbirth experience. She opened up about her "scary" labor and postpartum period for the ...

We interviewed experts, polled moms and tapped our own experience to find the best pregnancy books. Shop bestsellers like ...

It's Black Maternal Health Week. Here's everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins 11 years ago, an idyllic cerclage—a ...

In recent years, a significant shift in cesarean section procedures has transformed the experience for mothers, moving it from a purely medical intervention to a more intimate, personal moment. The ...

Nearly 9 months after Jack Blues Bieber was born, his mom Hailey Bieber is opening up about her harrowing childbirth experience. She opened up about her “scary” labor and postpartum period for the ...