There are many options for giving birth — using an epidural, going unmedicated, hiring a doula or midwife, or delivering in a ...

In San Francisco, a routine rush to the maternity ward turned into a world first when a woman delivered her baby in the back ...

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 ...

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

Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports. "Why giving birth in the U.S. is surprisingly deadly" is part of National Geographic’s special-edition, single-topic ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Not all animals lie down to give birth. Discover the animals that give birth standing up and learn about the reasons for this ...

NASCAR driver Natalie Decker is set to make her season debut at s after giving birth back in February. Decker will become one of the few female drivers who became mothers and then competed in NASCAR.