New York City hospitals are trying to restrict labor and delivery visitors due to COVID-19 fears. One expectant mom shares how that may affect her birth. Update: On March 27, 2020, the New York ...

"I knew that panicking wouldn’t help in this situation," she said. A Nashville, Tennessee, woman traveling to Stuttgart, Germany, thought she had a case of food poisoning after she forgot to ask for a ...

Labor had been fast and furious, and I didnt have much time to think about it. But in the recovery room, I was alone and felt isolated. (I had asked and paid for a private room, as I was afraid of ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process. A new Dartmouth-led study finds that ...

Some of the individuals indicated that they had hoped to have their partner, doula, and/or mother present during labor. Fourteen percent of participants surveyed indicated that their health care ...