Zakkiyya Reece thought she understood childbirth until she gave birth in a car, the result of a precipitous labor.

"My body had just been through the most intense experience of my life, my mind still trying to catch up, and yet, it felt ...

A new study reveals that stress during pregnancy can molecularly reprogram newborns' stress response systems, with significant differences between boys and girls.

In the last instalment of Imogen’s pregnancy diary she details her birth, which had one scary moment, and meeting her ...

Kegels can actually make pelvic floor dysfunction worse if the issue is muscle tightness or poor coordination rather than ...

A ‘broken’ system has left one in four women suffering negative birth experiences. Mothers who are traumatised or have lost ...

Lindsey Hamden tells PEOPLE how she gave birth to her daughter Olivia on Sept. 4, 2024, in the front seat of her Toyota Highlander.

Duck Dynasty’s Sadie Robertson, who recently experienced a health scare amid pregnancy with baby number three, shared insight ...

It’s Black Maternal Health Week. Here’s everything you should know to protect yourself and those you love. “I don’t have 10 more weeks of this in me,” I wailed to my husband last summer, sobbing on ...

Duck Dynasty's Sadie Robertson, who is pregnant with her third baby, shared that she was hospitalized after experiencing ...

Gradually, those first twinges will become ... weak abdominal muscles, and pregnancy hormones. Here’s where it can get confusing: Regular contractions come and go, giving you time to catch ...

Hormonal changes are especially common in your first and second trimester. Later in pregnancy ... Braxton-Hicks are “false” contractions — kind of like a practice run for when the real ...