What does giving birth feel like? Is giving birth painful? After years of censoring the truth, it’s time we talked more openly about the realities of childbirth and new motherhood, says author ...

I trust myself. My body knows what to do." Trying to encourage relaxation is a reason unassisted-birth believers don't want a doctor or midwife present. Traditional medicine holds that a midwife ...

Ash Mills Main has been seen giving birth, and delivering babies, on BBC One's Call the Midwife Given how fraught and farcical things become over the course of One Last Push, it is a bit worrying ...

Last Halloween, a couple celebrated by heading to the hospital — in costume — to welcome their first child. This year, footage from the happy moment went viral.

“Birth is very safe in the UK but there are clear disparities and areas for vast improvement,” says Dr Hannah Rayment-Jones, a midwife and research fellow at King’s College London.

Laura Hudson was 36 weeks pregnant with her first child when she found out she had an aggressive form of breast cancer.

Getting naughty in late March may bring about a not-so-nice surprise for the expecting moms who’ve deemed Christmas “the ...

I was absolutely terrified … How could I not remember?” Marisa Christie recalled of welcoming her three baby girls in August ...

The chewing gum led to a 24% reduction in preterm birth — when the mother gives birth before 37 weeks of pregnancy — and a 30 ...