Anita* is a 33-year-old first-generation Indian immigrant to the United States who lives in North Carolina. She is married to ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

Alexian Brothers has not yet announced on what date it will stop scheduling deliveries of babies, but “will be doing so ...

Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are three times more likely to forgo having children than people without the ...

In the last decade, more than 50 maternity wards have closed in California hospitals. Now, state lawmakers are delivering new ...

Unfortunately, in this situation, even though a single mom expected her parents to be by her side in case she went into labor ...

These two recent cases are bringing renewed attention to the treatment of Black pregnant women and igniting conversations around medical racism.

A report released Monday by the infant and maternal health nonprofit March of Dimes says that only about 75% of babies last year were born to mothers who started prenatal care in the first trimester ...

New study shows rising trend in increase in C-section births for Black individuals while they drop for other groups.

A viral video showing a Black woman screaming in pain as she waits to be admitted at a Dallas hospital while in active labor has sparked outrage online and allegations of medical racism.

Nadra Mohamed Ahmed fled her hometown in Sudan's el-Fasher amid conflict while seven months pregnant. She trekked nearly 25 ...