That uneasy feeling pushed McMann to begin researching potential causes of her daughter's head shape. After learning that her ...

It's Black Maternal Health Week. Here's everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. When Tisheila Justice was pregnant with her twins 11 years ago, an idyllic cerclage—a ...

Giving birth can be an exciting experience for a mother, but for Mercedes Wells, it was uncomfortable and scary.

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

Hannah Gill’s first experience with childbirth was anything but planned. Going with the flow like a lot of first-time moms, Gill listened to her doctor and planned a traditional hospital birth.

The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ2) was used to investigate how medical interventions influence the individual birth experience. The overall experience was rated positively. In a recent ...

A comparison of the results of the analysis of the adolescent birth stories and the results typically found within the literature for positive birth experiences is presented in Table 4. The following ...

The American Psychological Association defines trauma as a disturbing experience that results in significant fear, helplessness, or other disruptive feelings intense enough to have long-lasting ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Mariella Kennedy, RN loves her job as a labor and delivery nurse in Stormont Vail’s Birthplace. “I’m very passionate about my patients and their babies,” she said. Kennedy and ...

Childbirth is an emotional and intense experience for most women. For some, it is deeply traumatic, and for a smaller subset, it can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Understanding who is ...

Birth parents, both mothers and fathers, are a key piece of the adoption puzzle. The vast majority make the difficult decision to place their child for adoption out of what they perceived to be the ...

A national survey has found that 1 in 2 (47%) parents reported how uncertainties about rapidly changing pandemic-related restrictions and poor communication from healthcare providers caused them ...