Doreen Balabanoff recalls the small, dark Ontario hospital room where she laboured for 12 hours with her first child. There was a bed, one chair and a bricked-in window whose recessed niche was ...

One special human has actors KJ Smith and Skyh Black starstruck—their babygirl, Pryde JaNea Black. On October 4, the ‘ Sistas’ star gave birth to her first child and has been in awe ever since. “I ...

Nutrition influencer Stacey Hatfield has died after complications during the birth of her first child at home, her family has said. Ms Hatfield's husband revealed on Instagram that she died on ...

A mother who tragically died along with her baby after opting for a home birth against medical advice insisted she wanted a completely natural labour, an inquest heard today. Jennifer Cahill, 34, ...

Dr. Philip R. Fogel of CoxHealth Medical Center presents newborn Madelon Meda Wheeler to her parents, Ned and Cynthia Wheeler in this photo, dated Oct. 1, 1978. Cynthia Wheeler, an instructor of ...

SPRINGFIELD — A hospital spokesperson tells Ozarks First that the month of September was a busy one on the labor and delivery floor. Mercy says that 324 babies were born at their Springfield hospital, ...

"I wanted a natural birth...I got so much more!" As the twinge hit me, I sucked in a breath and rubbed my giant belly. At almost 41 weeks pregnant, I was overdue and getting contractions every six to ...

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.

His innovations, including homelike delivery rooms and birthing pools, were based on his belief that “human birth cannot work as long as a woman is thinking.” By Adam Nossiter Michel Odent, a French ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - More women are having C-section births in the U.S. Data from the CDC shows that the national cesarean delivery rate was 32-point-3-percent in 2023. That was up one-percent from ...

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...

Social media is full of videos saying hormonal contraception can hurt you and promoting natural alternatives. How did the treatments get such a... Influencers criticize birth control and push 'natural ...