T HE TEXTBOOKS are clear: in humans, pregnancy lasts an average of 40 weeks. But averages are just that. Many women find themselves at the end of that period without any sign of contractions. In those ...

When I see these stories, I see myself — because I did everything right, and I still almost died giving birth. That statistic should stop us cold. Preventable means these outcomes are not inevitable.

On what started as a routine shift at a FedEx facility in GRIMES, Iowa, a package handler ended up delivering something no ...

When Danielle moved back to her home state of South Dakota, she never expected to require financial assistance to pay for the birth of her first child.

Unnecessary caesarean deliveries are rising sharply in Bangladesh, placing a heavy financial burden on households and the health system, with annual costs estimated at Tk4,057 crore, health experts ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

New WHO research shows surgical delivery continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than one in five (21 per cent) ...

Pregnancy and childbirth are both core, foundational building blocks of, well, the entire human race, yet the truth is that ...

Plus-size pregnancies can carry extra risks – but with good care and support, you can have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Here's how.

Jen Hamilton hopes that the information "goes far and wide," despite warning that some hospitals might not want her to share it Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Kathy Hilton just dropped a surprisingly intimate—and very on-brand—Hollywood anecdote: Wheel of Fortune icon Vanna White was in the delivery room when Hilton gave birth to her son Conrad. The ...

Beyoncé and Solange have a close sisterly bond, so much so that the “Bodyguard” singer was in the delivery room when her younger sister gave birth. While she wanted to support her sister, she admitted ...