Maggie Shannon’s black-and-white images of childbirth in the COVID era capture the awe-inspiring, quotidian experience of ...

"I am very aware that I am the one in the delivery room who is in control, unless something is medically wrong." ...

A couple were heading to the hospital when their baby just “flopped out” onto the front seat of their car on a main road.

A week after her due date, Pedroza hadn’t shown signs of labor. The window for a home birth was beginning to shut. “At 42 weeks, you have to be transferred to a hospital unless you have an ...

The danger of preterm labor is that it will lead to the birth of a baby that has not fully ... you may be sent home from the hospital, sometimes with an oral medication. You'll probably be asked ...

Approximately 1% of American women give birth at home and face substantial obstacles when they make this choice. This study describes the reasons that women in the United States choose home birth.

But most women know it as giving birth to a “preemie.” Some babies are delivered prematurely because the mother or baby have medical problems that make it dangerous to carry the pregnancy to full term ...

Closely reviewing a woman’s medical records may also help pinpoint the cause of a past preterm birth. When you go into labor and whether you have any complications during labor will determine what ...

When Mary Pawlowski learned she was pregnant in February 2024, she knew that she wanted to have a nonmedicated birth ...