A groundbreaking study reveals that girls who hit puberty before 11 or women who give birth before 21 face double the risk of ...

Reproductive timing matters when it comes to aging and age-related disease. In a study now online at eLife, Buck Institute ...

Study finds pregnant women often doubt their ability to use labor techniques. Mental well-being, not knowledge, is key to ...

“While many studies have explored the negative effects of childbirth fear, including prolonged labor, emergency caesareans ...

Up to 60% of women experience some fear about giving birth, especially for the first time, but a new study shows why some ...

Natural childbirth doesn’t mean rejection of care. It means care with a mother-focused doctor or midwife, sometimes in a place other than a hospital.

Some new Pennsylvania parents pay thousands of dollars out of pocket for pregnancy and childbirth care. When they can’t afford these costs, the resulting debt affects their finances and health.

In the UK, more women are now dying during pregnancy and childbirth than at any time in the past 20 years, despite a fall in ...