Planning on delivering at a hospital or birthing center? You could just show up, but it's better to come prepared — so here’s ...

Nicci Bryant, a labor and delivery R.N.C.-O.B., B.S.N., wants moms everywhere to know that they are the real ones in charge. A nurse is there to be a guide, a helper, and an advocate, but remember ...

As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Beginning Nov. 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide labor and delivery coverage at Owatonna Hospital.

Two third of American women under 50 have at least one of five modifiable risk factors that can lead to birth defects. Here's ...

The announcement comes after Mayo Clinic Health System said in mid-October that its OB-GYNs would no longer cover on-call ...

Childbirth can be a special time that you want to remember, and for some, it's important to have photos of the moment your baby enters the world. But for one woman, asking her sister to record labor ...

As of Nov. 17, Mayo Clinic Health System will no longer provide on-call labor and delivery coverage at Owatonna Hospital, and ...

Twenty-six years ago, Judy Towe and Madeline Hill met for the first time – although Madeline was definitely too young to remember. On that day, Towe – a labor and delivery nurse at Napa’s Queen of the ...

Birth centers are disappearing in California. A newly-signed law expands support for labor and delivery services to address ...

Research shows babies remember melodies they heard before they were born, responding to them with a sense of calm and ...