A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

Letters: Olympia Bowman champions a middle way. Helen Style says the risks of giving birth without medical assistance are well known ...

Pregnancy is a time of anticipation, preparation, and decisions. Among the decisions facing you is choosing between a birthing center vs. a hospital for delivering your baby. Hospitals are the ...

Also known as labor balls or birth balls, birthing balls are similar to the balls used in physical therapy clinics. Instead of lying immobile on your back during labor, you can use a birthing ball. It ...

Gavin Fraser is a graduate research assistant at Boston University School of Social Work. I dreamed of having children from a young age — so much so that I assumed I had to be a cisgender woman.

SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale began the new year with a milestone as the Birthing Center proudly welcomed its first ...

Meet The Birthing Class, a new wellness site on a mission to be a one-stop resource for all things related to pregnancy and birth well-being. As any new parent knows, there is no shortage of content ...

Between mid-December and April, newborn calves, lambs, and (goat) kids will be making their way into the world and now is the ...

Birthing and peanut exercise balls are two non-pharmacologic interventions that are frequently used during labor. Although midwives and nurses have been using birthing and peanut balls during labor ...

President Joe Biden’s 2022 budget proposal uses language that supplants the word “mothers,” referring to women who both deliver a baby and raise the child, with the phrase “birthing people.” “The ...

Aboriginal health experts have criticised the lack of federal budget funding for Indigenous-led birthing services, including for a Brisbane-based program that has halved preterm births among mothers ...