A surprisingly large number of women are waiting to become mothers and giving birth at age 40 or older in an expensive California city, a new study found. In 2023, 10.9 percent of women in San ...

More than half of people who have given birth are not using contraception two months later despite the risk that back-to-back pregnancies can pose, a new UCL study shows. The research, published in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Melissa Holmes, at 42 years old, became a mother for the second time in 2023, joining a growing trend of women giving birth later in life. Melissa Holmes, 42 The perception-reality gap ...

Whether lying on their back, all-fours position, sitting upright or squatting -- women adopt different birthing positions during childbirth. What has not yet been researched is how the respective ...

Two in five women are subject to intrusive interventions performed without their consent during childbirth, a new survey from charity the Birth Trauma Association has found. Procedures, including ...

A GOP Senate candidate from Minnesota has said that he finds the number of women on birth control "concerning" because the pills not only change female hormones, but also change the kind of men women ...

A report seen by ABC News into Queensland's first publicly funded homebirth program has evaluated the first 12 months of the project. The report found 74 women were enrolled in the service with 39 ...

High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg. This new method for ...

High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a new study. This new method for predicting the risks could improve ...