For one expectant mother, everything about pregnancy felt routine and reassuring, right up until the moment her heart ...

The number of U.S. women who died the year following a pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019. One labor and delivery nurse is sharing information that may help keep birthing mothers safe. ...

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 ...

In 2025, however, it appears that the gains that women had made in recent years started to slip away. In the first half of the year, about 212,000 women exited the workforce, and there was a marked ...

Laura Danger is an expert on weaponized incompetence and has been interviewed by several outlets. Her book "No More Mediocre" is a guide to dismantling inequitable relationship dynamics. This is an ...

Phytotherapy has been commonly used by pregnant women worldwide (John and Shantakumari 2015; Elkhoudri et al., 2016; El Hajj and Holst, 2020). Many women consider medicinal plants (MPs) to be safer ...

Following a “brutal” pregnancy, Jenna Christie found herself wondering if her second baby would ever make his grand arrival. By May 15, Christie had gone beyond her due date and was at 41 weeks plus ...

Attorneys for a North Texas woman who was shown in a video screaming through contractions while hospital staff appeared to slow-roll her admission are requesting a meeting with the facility to discuss ...

When you’re pregnant, every choice suddenly feels like it comes with a rulebook — what to eat, what to drink, how to sleep, how to move. So it makes sense that a lot of people quietly wonder about ...

A new bill is working to prevent women in active labor from being turned away from hospitals. After the now-viral birthing experience of Mercedes Wells in Indiana, a Congresswoman has introduced ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — Mercedes Wells and her husband Leon sat inside a Chicago law firm on Tuesday, contemplating action against a local hospital just days after giving birth. It was around midnight ...