Six months after giving birth, a 35-year-old woman said she still felt pain in the region where she received an episiotomy—a surgical incision in the perineum (the region between the vagina and anus) ...

As low-intervention childbirth methods increase in the U.S., hospitals are offering pregnant moms a variety of options to help them be more comfortable during labor and delivery. A new ...

Women who use water immersion during labor and birth experience better maternal and neonatal outcomes compared to those who ...

Giving birth is a life-changing experience for a woman. However, it often comes with feelings of anxiety, stress, and physical discomfort. In recent years, water birth has become a popular and ...

Water immersion during labor and birth significantly reduced use of medications, maternal pain, and postpartum hemorrhage, compared with standard care with no water immersion, based on data from 36 ...

CROSBY - Anyone who has ever had a baby knows, you never forget the moment the little human you’ve been carrying around inside you for 9 long months makes its official debut into the world. “Whether ...

>> IT’S VERY PEACEFUL. GABRIELLA: A LOW PAIN BIRTH, MEDICATION FREE. >> THAT I WOULD BE IN THE SAFETY OF A HOSPITAL, OR AT LEAST WHERE I FELT MORE SAFE WHILE ALSO HAVING A WATER BIRTH. I THOUGHT IT ...

A major hospital in Poland's western city of Poznań has begun offering water births, with staff reporting high interest and benefits such as reduced pain for mothers. For several days now, women ...

DEKALB COUNTY — Nearly 200 people plan to protest after DeKalb Medical Center announced last week that it would be discontinuing water births and vaginal breech delivery. Channel 2’s Erica Byfield ...

But she was at a local hospital, and the doctors wouldn't let her do it. "I knew if could just get in the water, then the baby would come," she said of her first labor and delivery, which she said was ...