The morning of my 37-week appointment, I took my 2-year-old daughter, Frankie, to preschool; went to work and then headed to my OB/GYN in the afternoon, fully expecting to be home before dinner. When ...

The ceasefire has stopped the bombs, but women in Gaza are still delivering babies alone in classrooms, bathrooms, and homes ...

PORTER, Texas -- Within an hour of waking up on Oct. 5, a Porter woman had already given birth to her second son, alone in her living room. Ashley Darville called 911 that morning and dispatcher ...

But for the majority of the time I was there, I was alone. The only time someone came in my room was to come to fix my IV bag or to check my progress. Learn more about novel coronavirus: During the 90 ...

There are so many things about pregnancy and childbirth in 2025 that seem wild to me, but when I hear stories about the realities of motherhood for my mom and my grandmas, it completely blows my ...

At 3 a.m., inside her solitary jail cell in Broward County, Florida, Tammy Jackson began having contractions. It took hours for corrections officers to reach a doctor, who said he’d check on Jackson ...

There were also no beds available in the hospital's maternity ward after she delivered her baby, the woman said 9 News Australia/Youtube A pregnant woman was forced to give birth on a couch in a ...

An Etowah County woman who claimed she was forced to give birth without any medical help in a jail shower settled a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county, jail officials and doctors this ...

When my first child was 18 months old, I decided it was time for a redo. It’s not that I wanted to replace my son, but I did want a different kind of birth experience. His delivery had ended with ...