Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

Key Takeaways Nearly 50% of all women have had a traumatic birth experience.Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram ...

The consistency of the global pattern shows how hard these trend lines are to budge. Several nations have preceded the U.S.

Breastfeeding may significantly lower the likelihood women experience depression and anxiety 10 years after giving birth.Researchers also observed a dose-response relationship, as women who breastfed ...

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

In her 35 years as a psychologist, NTNU researcher Audrey van der Meer has studied everything from baby swimming to what ...

Hundreds of thousands of children in China have been separated from their parents. A Yale SOM study finds that a machine-learning approach could cut years off family reunification efforts by matching ...

The Philadelphia Midwives Collective, which delivered about 70 babies last year, plans to open the city's only birth center ...

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 ...

This spectacular Instagram post captures the moment when a baby giraffe is born, and it is quite an entrance! Their first experience on this Earth is a long drop to the ground. This is just one stage ...

A Florida woman will likely spend decades behind bars for the home birth and more or less immediate death of her newborn baby boy. On Thursday, Bianca R. Desouza, 23, pleaded guilty to one count each ...