If you are pregnant and have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), you may feel concerned about labour and delivery. PCOS can affect birth because of hormones and overall health, but your experience is ...

Pregnancy is a life-changing milestone for any family and is an experience filled with anticipation. However, many think that child birth of the baby is the end of the journey, but childbirth is ...

Since the 1970s, electronic fetal monitoring has been the go-to technology in perinatal obstetrics for the detection of fetal distress during labor. Although the technology has changed slightly in the ...

Q: My friend just found out her fetus is breech, and she is going to have the doctor try and turn it around. Why is this done? A: Early in pregnancy the fetus may do "somersaults," and sometimes be ...

The labour-and-delivery nurse and new author has built a huge following with honest birth advice, humour and a deeply ...

My water broke on the evening of July 12, 2013. I was at the movies with my husband. We were snacking on pre-show popcorn — sitting and chatting in the lobby about life and everything that would soon ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

Newark-Wayne Community Hospital will begin the state approval process to close its inpatient labor and delivery, newborn ...