Very few babies are born on their exact due date, with only about 4% arriving "on time." Health care providers use methods like the last menstrual period, ovulation dates, and ultrasounds to estimate ...

She went into labor on a warm September day earlier this year, and made the trek from her rural village in the small West African country of Gambia to a nearby clinic. The baby was delivered ...

A CDC report released in April 2025 shows U.S. birthrates continued to decline in 2023. For the first time, parents aged 40 and older gave birth at higher rates than teens. Experts point to fertility ...

Home births in the United States reached the highest level in three decades during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease ...

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 ...

"All the children are doing well," said the woman's doctor. CASABLANCA, Morocco -- "I feel very happy to carry my child," 26 year-old Halima Cissé told ABC News, while holding newborn Muhammad, one of ...

TikTok users are sharing their free-birth experiences. Doctors say giving birth without any medical assistance can be very dangerous.