The legislation seeks to stop Black women from suffering during and after childbirth and hold hospitals accountable, ...

Indiana mother Mercedes Wells was turned away by hospital staff as she sought help while actively in labor, and the doctor ...

A mother says she gave birth to her baby in a car minutes after being turned away from a hospital over the weekend in Crown Point, Indiana. Video shows her being wheeled out by hospital staff, and she ...

Jennifer Cahill, 34, delivered baby Agnes at her home supported by her husband Rob and two midwives in June last year. She had opted for a home birth after feeling 'unsupported' in hospital while ...

A Nigerian woman who hadn’t seen her period for several months went to the hospital for a checkup, only to be shocked when ...

When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest.” “I immediately shot out of bed and was gasping for air and ...

After delivery, hormone changes and the physical demands of caring for a baby can lead to joint pain. Applying heat, taking over-the-counter medications, and other choices may help. Share on Pinterest ...

Watching the snow fall outside her bedroom window while holding her newborn, as her husband brought her a cheeseburger and an old fashioned, Hope Payton-Carrillo had no doubt that home birth was the ...

Growing dissatisfaction with hospital birthing processes and its mistreatment of women are causing a small but growing number to choose home births instead. Exhausted after giving birth to her ...