Over 2,000 years on, modern obstetric care—from calibrated drapes to lifesaving medicines—is reshaping motherhood, giving ...

A very pregnant passenger in a Waymo was en route to the maternity ward in San Francisco when the baby came early.

Stay-at-home defenseman Topias Vilen scored his first career power-play goal in 130 American Hockey League games with the ...

There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a hospital, a birthing center, or at home — and figuring out a birth plan ...

In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions around childbirth. One mother’s story ...

Bethany Pollock said she felt "panic" when she was told home births were being suspended A mother who was told home births were to be suspended when she was 38 weeks pregnant, has said the situation ...

A mother who was told home births were to be suspended when she was 38 weeks pregnant, has said the situation had caused her a "lot of panic". Bethany Pollock, 33, from Frampton on Severn, ...

A health trust has suspended its home birth service for 24 hours after "significant levels of sickness" among staff. The East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which covers most of East Sussex, said ...

Home births have been suspended for 24 hours by the trust over "staffing challenges" [Getty Images] A health trust has suspended its home birth service for 24 hours after "significant levels of ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A newborn baby who was initially believed to have been dropped off on the porch of a Detroit home on Thursday night is the baby of a teenage girl ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...