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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Giving birth is undoubtedly an empowering experience, no matter how you choose to do it. From the mainstream hospital setting to at home in the living room, mothers have many options when it comes to ...