For decades, women have been told childbirth injuries are simply part of becoming a mother, as an accepted, invisible cost of labor and delivery. On this episode of Disruption Interruption Tracy ...

Prepare for childbirth with confidence in this one-day class designed to equip expectant parents with practical knowledge and ...

Childbirth is one of the most painful experiences many people go through in life. Pushing a baby out of your birth canal pushes your body to its physical limits. Labor and delivery can last hours or ...

Researchers in Norway found women fearful of giving birth spent about an hour and a half longer in labor than other women. Fear of birth was also associated with a greater likelihood of an ...

Pregnancy often changes the way women think about health. Questions that may have once seemed distant suddenly feel immediate. What should I avoid eating? Am I walking too much or too little? These ...

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This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 3. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. In these days of global and political chaos, I am making a ...

Human birth is far more challenging than that of other primates. In 1960, anthropologist Sherwood Washburn proposed a widely accepted explanation for the tight squeeze a baby experiences passing ...