At 3:30 on a July morning, Emily Meyers’ water broke. Her son was coming five weeks early. Meyers and her husband jumped in the car and raced from their home in Greenville, population 387, to Reno, ...

Your baby spends nine months floating in the warm, cozy comfort of amniotic fluid, so a water birth in a tub or birthing pool might seem like a natural way of welcoming her into the world. But while ...

Across the U.S., pregnant women suffer from miscarriages, stillbirths — sometimes even death — in local jails. In this ...

Fifty-four women and their families sued county jails alleging dangerous conditions behind bars. These are their stories.

Stingrays give birth to live babies, but they aren't mammals. Learn all about these fascinating fish that live in oceans and ...

The Black maternal health crisis in America deserves our immediate attention. Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. And while this ...

Contractions have started. They're getting more intense. There's no time, the baby is coming. You better hope there's a doctor around. Because you're more than 9,100 m (30,000 ft) up in the air.

Fenugreek water offers health benefits but is not for everyone. Individuals with low blood sugar, pregnant women, and those with thyroid issues should be cautious. People with sensitive stomachs or ...

When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...

Imagine being marched by force through a desert with barely anything to drink while your captor repeatedly cools himself by dumping gallons of water on his head, and maybe you’ll start to get a sense ...

IN an exclusive interview, sex-change dad Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy tell of their joy about the imminent birth of their child. "I feel fantastic," he told UK's News of the World. "I cannot wait ...