As you reach the final weeks of pregnancy, the ‘waiting game’ can feel incredibly long. It’s natural to feel eager to meet your little one, especially when every movement feels like a workout. This ...

As you near the end of your pregnancy, it’s natural to wonder when your little one might arrive. Although only 5% of babies are born on their due dates, and about 5% of women deliver 41 weeks or later ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

Planning for labor and delivery means thinking through your options – and for some moms-to-be, that includes going medication-free. "If your goal is a medication-free delivery, that is absolutely ...

Regina was five days past her due date, but she was determined to have her baby naturally. She shares what she did to avoid being induced and make her birth plan become a reality. Creating a mental ...

Pregnant women worry. They worry whether the baby is healthy; they worry if they’re eating right and avoiding everything that could possibly be harmful to the new life growing within. They also worry ...

Melissa’s dream had been a smooth delivery. “I wanted a natural labor,” she said. “I told a nurse that the ideal would be I’d be in labor and delivery for 15 minutes and have the baby before I even ...