Childbirth is often described as one of humanity’s defining biological challenges, but new research suggests the story is far ...

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a Graduate Work-in-Progress lecture titled “Birthing Nature: Why One Childbirth Drug Was Natural and Another Was Not” Oct. 15 from noon to 1 p.m. in ...

Human birth has a reputation for danger. The usual explanation is simple enough: walking upright narrowed the pelvis, while ...

Pregnant women worry. They worry whether the baby is healthy; they worry if they’re eating right and avoiding everything that could possibly be harmful to the new life growing within. They also worry ...

Michel Odent, a French obstetrician whose natural childbirth innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, aimed to make new mothers feel calm and secure, died Aug. 19 in London.

Making informed decisions about childbirth represents one of the most significant choices expectant parents face. While both vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections safely bring babies into the world ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

The center brings a midwifery-led approach to prenatal, birth and postpartum care, offering home-like support and continuity ...

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We are usually suspicious of pain-mongers. Think of the flinching reaction bringing up a "cutter" ensures. Sure, we are in awe of the guy who cut off his own arm to free himself from being trapped ...

Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large ...