A new Utah report says as many as 44% of women giving birth have a traumatic experience that may stay with them for a long time.

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure and stretch sensors in uterine muscles and surrounding nerves work together ...

Millions of women go through pregnancy every year, yet science has only just begun to look at what it does to the brain—the ...

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

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 ...

Singapore-based startup Biorithm has developed a monitoring device that women can use to monitor their pregnancies at home. The device, Femom, sends information on the mother and baby's heart rate to ...

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 ...

Une femme enceinte asthmatique doit bénéficier d’une prise en charge thérapeutiCorticosteroids and short-acting beta agonists remain the core therapies for pregnant patients with asthma.