A baby was born in a Buncombe County jail cell in December. Her mother claims she complained to jail staff for days without ...

Birth asphyxia is one of the significant causes of neonatal complications worldwide. Though there are advancements in maternal and neonatal science, many babies still face oxygen deprivation right ...

Most people realize they are pregnant somewhere between four and 12 weeks into a pregnancy. However, according to The ...

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act took effect on June 27, 2023, and requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees or applicants for known limitations related ...

A national investigation has been launched into the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners during labour after reports of women giving birth while handcuffed. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO ...

The moms and babies in Arkansas know all too well the continuing crisis for maternal healthcare in the state. Across the state, hospitals are shutting down labor and delivery units. Health ...

One of my abiding memories of the politics class at my high school was when we learnt about Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), the feminist and author of The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist ...

The truth is pregnancy causes some surprising long-term changes to your body, regardless of whether you’re a celebrity or a soccer mom. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  Dr. Shazia Malik, a ...

Doctors explain how to tell the difference between Braxton Hicks and real labour. Experts say these contractions are the body ...

Government officials and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

Abby Pollock (@ampollo), an engineer-turned-trainer and founder of the ANDA by Abby Pollock app, shared short clips of her running on the treadmill, doing Pilates and lifting weights while pregnant in ...

Home births became more popular during the pandemic, when hospital deliveries came with a risk of contracting Covid and few visitors were allowed. For other women, giving birth at home may be the only ...