If you or your partner were scheduled to give birth soon, would you have a preference for who delivered your baby: a midwife or a doctor? A new study of maternity care facilities in Lithuania suggests ...

There’s nothing more natural than being born. There’s also nothing quite as fraught. A whole lot can go wrong during that long and tortuous journey from the womb to the world. Modern medicine can ...

REPORTED AVOIDING THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER DELIVERING A BABY, A NEW STUDY FINDS. WOMEN WHO USED MIDWIVES FOR POSTPARTUM CARE INSTEAD OF OBSTETRICIANS HAD FEWER VISITS TO THE E.R. HERE TO TELL US MORE ...

Every pregnant woman wants to deliver a healthy baby. During labour and birth, women also want to feel listened to and respected, and to come out of the experience physically and emotionally well. But ...