Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the ...

At a recent gathering of my book club, the conversation turned to our pregnancy and delivery stories. This was prompted by ...

Keidi Lin believes childbirth is beautiful and that her job is to capture the reality of home births, with its pain, ...

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood ...

Too many new mothers have or even die from health problems that would have been prevented if they were aware of things that ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government will subsidize the cost of “painless delivery,” the use of an epidural or other anesthetics during childbirth, for Tokyo residents starting in fiscal 2025.