A doula is a trained professional who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to a mother before, during, and shortly after childbirth. Unlike midwives or obstetricians, ...

In recent years, the conversation around childbirth has started to change. Many women today are asking questions, reading more, and actively exploring how they want to give birth. Natural birthing, ...

A lack of birthing options in North St. Louis County, negative experiences during previous labor and deliveries, as well as the desire to bring new life into the world the natural way is making some ...

Birthing centers, which offer natural, low-intervention births to low-risk moms, are becoming more and more popular. But regardless of demand, they’re struggling to stay open. When Kimberly Kleoppel ...

Obstetricians may be losing ground to a natural parenting movement that's making women feel guilty about the birthing process, an ob/gyn blogger says. Amy Tuteur, MD, is the author of a new book, Push ...

Fathers brave enough to help birth their children inevitably concede mothers are the stronger sex. The painful birth process that mothers often endure proves it, said the owners of a new, independent ...

Early in her first pregnancy, Lauren Barnes had a bad experience in her doctor’s office that left her feeling “unheard” and “disregarded.” She couldn’t bring herself to go back, so she started ...