"I knew that panicking wouldn’t help in this situation," she said. A Nashville, Tennessee, woman traveling to Stuttgart, Germany, thought she had a case of food poisoning after she forgot to ask for a ...

Labor had been fast and furious, and I didnt have much time to think about it. But in the recovery room, I was alone and felt isolated. (I had asked and paid for a private room, as I was afraid of ...

Most animals, including other primates, give birth alone, but humans require assistance during childbirth due to the physiological complexities of the process. A new Dartmouth-led study finds that ...

Research shows babies remember melodies they heard before they were born, responding to them with a sense of calm and ...

Some of the individuals indicated that they had hoped to have their partner, doula, and/or mother present during labor. Fourteen percent of participants surveyed indicated that their health care ...