Familiar faces make childbirth less traumatic for moms, according to new research. The presence of relatives or friends lowers stress levels for new mothers, say American scientists. Most animals - ...

"I knew that panicking wouldn’t help in this situation," she said. A Nashville, Tennessee, woman traveling to Stuttgart, Germany, thought she had a case of food poisoning after she forgot to ask for a ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process. A new Dartmouth-led study finds that ...

At 3 a.m., inside her solitary jail cell in Broward County, Florida, Tammy Jackson began having contractions. It took hours for corrections officers to reach a doctor, who said he’d check on Jackson ...

Some of the individuals indicated that they had hoped to have their partner, doula, and/or mother present during labor. Fourteen percent of participants surveyed indicated that their health care ...