As interest grows in alternative birthing choices such as water births, consumption of placentas and deferring newborn vaccinations, doctors should counsel expectant parents on the risks such ...

Water birthing or hydrotherapy means the potential delivery of the baby through labor in a tub or a pool of warm water. It is a natural birthing method to relieve labor pains and allow the mother to ...

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.

Maternal health services are taking root in Trenton under the leadership of a state agency focused on improving New Jersey's dismal birthing outcomes.

After announcing plans to close its birthing center because of financial reasons, the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital held a public meeting Tuesday where hospital staff and community members shared thei ...

Following a rally of community members and health care workers in support of the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Birthing ...