Anita* is a 33-year-old first-generation Indian immigrant to the United States who lives in North Carolina. She is married to an IT professional and is herself a homemaker. Anita is […] ...

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 ...

Only 41% of rural hospitals in the U.S. deliver babies, according to a report by the Center for Healthcare Quality and ...

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

More rural hospitals have closed or are planning to close their labor and delivery units in 2025 than in 2024, bringing the ...

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

Your baby has been born, but there’s one final step — delivering the placenta. Here’s what to expect from this last stage of labor.

Starting on Dec. 19, Farmville-area expectant parents will need to travel to Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg — ...

Low-income mothers will have more certainty about labor and delivery services at a Modesto hospital, according to a leading ...

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

What to pack in your maternity hospital bag You've spent months preparing for your baby's arrival throughout your pregnancy journey — picking out the best maternity hospital, setting up the ...