Giving Birth

Photo courtesy Shutterstock At her nine-month check up, my firstborn’s hemoglobin level was low. What followed was a sleepless, expensive roller coaster ride filled with […]

Shutterstock Actress Mila Kunis and fiancé Ashton Kutcher are expecting their first child. On a recent episode of “Ellen,” she told the talk show host […]

Shutterstock Giving birth at home will become the norm in the United Kingdom if the country’s National Health Service has its way. The NHS says […]

Shutterstock While postpartum depression occurs for a variety of reasons, not many studies have tried to link pain during childbirth with the incidence of postpartum […]

Shutterstock When I was pregnant, I had an idea of what the perfect birth looked like. We took the classes. We read the books. We […]

Shutterstock Short & Sweet In 2013, 450,000 babies out of 4 million live births in the United States were preterm births. Babies who experience preterm […]

Shutterstock April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day, and after the highly publicized case in Texas involving a pregnant woman placed on life support, it’s important that […]

istock Perhaps you’ve heard the rumor that giving birth is painful. Well, as a woman who has delivered three babies, let me assure you it’s […]

Shutterstock My biggest question when I was pregnant for the first time was, “What do contractions feel like?” I asked friends who’d given birth, and […]

Shutterstock Many hospitals restrict women from eating and drinking during labor, giving women intravenous fluids or ice chips to prevent dehydration instead. A new study […]