I remember countless nights scrolling through Google and social media, searching for a clear hospital bag checklist for birth. Each due date brought excitement, nerves, and the stress of packing the ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 7. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. I loved the beginning of the episode where we see the ...

We start this newsletter again with maternity safety. Last week, The Sunday Times published another powerful maternity exposé (subscription required), this time examining care failures at Leeds ...

A person may choose to give birth naturally, without pain management medication, or with an epidural to block sensations of pain in the lower body. Each birthing option has its potential risks and ...

Vernette Kountz had given birth to four children in hospitals — including a set of surrogate twins — before deciding she was ready for a different experience. Kountz said while her previous deliveries ...

Standing in front of an empty lot one afternoon in the Georgia heat, Katie Chubb gestures to the place where she's been trying to open a birth center for six years. "We'd have parking along the road," ...

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

Alysha Bradley found out at her 36-week prenatal appointment last November that she couldn’t give birth at the Monadnock Birth Center as planned. The Swanzey center, which had been a staple in the ...