Of all the decisions you'll make while pregnant, deciding where to give birth might be the most impactful. Hospitals, birthing centers, and home births all come with benefits and drawbacks; it just ...

Reproductive Years and Longevity: The idea that a mother's lifespan decreases after giving birth may sound quite strange. Let us explain the truth behind this seemingly strange notion. How dangerous ...

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center offers an assortment of pregnancy and childbirth classes and tours to prepare you for childbirth and childcare. The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center ...

Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain—the ...

Nothing can fully prepare you for the moment you give birth. It doesn’t matter how many books or articles you’ve read. Or whether or not you attended prenatal classes. Not all births are created equal ...

"Two weeks after giving birth, my husband asked for sex. It was so painful, I cried, but he didn’t stop." Childbirth is the biological equivalent of a bomb detonating inside a woman’s body. Bones ...