“Your cervix is in danger of effacing. You’ll be tremendously lucky if your baby makes it to 24 weeks.” I was staring at the doctor who had just delivered this news, but I was having trouble ...

If you've been told you have a short cervix, here's what that means and how it might affect your pregnancy and baby.

A 2014 breech birth resulted in a decapitated baby at Ninewells Hospital in Scotland, and a tribunal has decided Monday that the attending doctor was at fault. A first-time mother described as Patient ...

A mom’s shocking delivery story is going viral — and inspiring women everywhere to self-advocate during labor. Jess (@autist_artist_) gained millions of views and likes when she stitched a response to ...

Ready for the big event? A simple test could make it easier to predict when a baby is due. Estimates of when a woman will give birth can be off by weeks. But a test, usually given to women at high ...

Bloody show is a normal sign that your body is preparing for labor. It’s a discharge of blood and mucus from your vagina. It indicates that your cervix is starting to open. Bloody show looks different ...

Brittney Crystal was just over 25 weeks pregnant when her water broke. It was her second pregnancy — the first had been rough, and the baby came early. To try to avoid a second premature birth, Dr.

If labor doesn’t start on its own, doctors and midwives can use different techniques to get it started so you can give birth. This is called inducing labor, and there are different reasons for doing ...