This is the sixth post in a series. In the book Matrescence: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood, Lucy Jones talks about the shocking lack of information available to women regarding what childbirth ...

As insurances begin to cover doula care, more expecting women have opted into the historically luxury experience.

Researchers reviewed evidence linking the vaginal microbiome to pregnancy health and spontaneous preterm birth, highlighting ...

Access to birth control prevents thousands of deaths in pregnancy and childbirth every year, a new global analysis has found. Globally, maternal deaths – pregnancy-related deaths during pregnancy, ...

Editor's note: This story has been adjusted to clarify that Mothering Justice was part of a coalition of organizations behind the "MI Momnibus" bills. Tamika Jackson's heart stopped beating while she ...

Is paternal postnatal depression delayed? New research finds a 30% increase in depression and stress diagnoses for fathers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Between the good, the bad, and the ugly, pregnancy is most certainly a wild ride. And anyone who has gone through childbirth knows ...

When Janell Green Smith first announced her pregnancy this past summer, her family was ecstatic. After participating in more than 300 births as a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice ...

More women could die in pregnancy and childbirth due to “unprecedented” aid cuts that threaten to undo two decades of progress in maternal healthcare, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a ...

Doulas provide emotional, physical, and informational support during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period.

Source: RDNE Stock Project/Pexels You have likely heard of claustrophobia and maybe even arachnophobia (fear of spiders), but what is tokophobia? Tokophobia is an intense fear of pregnancy and ...